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The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise. By Richard N. Langlois. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023. Pp. xv + 816. $45.00 cloth.

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The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise. By Richard N. Langlois. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023. Pp. xv + 816. $45.00 cloth.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2025

Michela Giorcelli
Michela Giorcelli*
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UCLA
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 85 , Issue 3 , September 2025 , pp. 915 - 916
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Economic History Association

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