Land of Desire 09
Leach, William. Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture, Vintage Books, New York, 1993.
Chapter 9. "An Age of Consolidation": Goods, Money, and Mergermania
“Consumptionism”
Goods and Money “Flooding the Country”
Chains Across the Country
“Investment” Bankers and Mergermania
“The Power Is All in Business”: Chains of Department Stores
Paul Mazur and Harvard’s Helping Hand
The Urban Landscape of Desire