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Dime Store Chains: The Making of Organization Men, 1880–1940

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2011

Alan R. Raucher
Alan R. Raucher
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Alan R. Raucher is professor of history at Wayne State University
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Abstract

The following article examines the creation and development of a unique American business institution, the dime store chain. The essay focuses on the store managers—their ethnic, social, and educational background, the rules under which they worked, and the promotion ladder they climbed. It attempts to assess the advantages and disadvantages to the chains of relying on a system of “organization men.”

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Business History Review , Volume 65 , Issue 1: Small Business and Its Rivals , Spring 1991 , pp. 130 - 163
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1991

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