Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. The Rise and Transformation of the American Corporation -- 3. How American Is the American Corporation? -- 4. From Antitrust to Corporation Governance? The Corporation and the Law: 1959-1994 -- 5. Financing the American Corporation: The Changing Menu of Financial Relationships -- 6. The U.S. Corporation and Technical Progress -- 7. The American Corporation as an Employer: Past, Present, and Future Possibilities -- 8. The Corporation Faces Issues of Race and Gender -- 9. Corporate Education and Training -- 10. The Modern Corporation as an Efficiency Instrument: The Comparative Contracting Perspective -- 11. The Corporation as a Dispenser of Welfare and Security -- 12. Almost Everywhere: Surging Inequality and Falling Real Wages -- 13. The Corporation as a Political Actor -- 14. Architecture and the Business Corporation -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.