内容简介
这是一部由加州大学洛杉矶分校教授威廉·G.罗伊（William G.Roy）所著的社会经济学专著。本书对美国大型工业公司的兴起进行了历史性的调查，关注大型公司影响下的政治、社会和经济制度的发展过程。本书共分为九章。在本书前半部分，作者探讨了公司的公共性质，实施公共服务的方式，以及公司在股票市场、经纪公司和投资银行的体系中萌芽和发展其组织形式的过程。在本书后半部分，作者分析了20世纪初大型公司在制造业领域的蓬勃发展对美国经济版图产生的重要影响，论证了钱德勒效率理论的局限性。该著作对相关理论进行了批判性解读，并且开放性地吸收了社会学、经济学等多个学科的研究方法，为长期以来的相关讨论提供了新思路，对该领域研究有重要贡献。
作者简介
威廉·G.罗伊（William G.Roy），1977年于密歇根大学取得社会学博士学位，1976年至今任加州大学洛杉矶分校社会学教授，致力于研究大规模的经济转型。在其社会学研究中，罗伊对美国大型公司的兴起进行了历史性的调查，关注相关的政治、社会和制度演变过程。
Content introduction
This is a socioeconomic monograph written by William G.Roy, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. This book is a historical survey of the rise of large industrial corporations in the United States, focusing on the development of political, social, and economic systems under the influence of large corporations. The book is divided into nine chapters. In the first half of the book, the author explores the public nature of the corporation, the ways in which public services are performed, and the process by which the corporation sprouted and developed its organizational form in the system of stock markets, brokerage houses, and investment banks. In the second half of the book, the author analyzes the significant impact of the manufacturing boom of large corporations on the American economic landscape in the early 20th century, and demonstrates the limitations of Chandler's efficiency theory. This book critically interprets relevant theories and openly absorbs research methods from sociology, economics and other disciplines, providing new ideas for long-term relevant discussions and making important contributions to the research in this field.
About the author
William G.Roy received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1977 and has been a professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles since 1976, where he studies large-scale economic transformations. In his sociological research, Roy has conducted a historical survey of the rise of large corporations in the United States, focusing on the associated political, social, and institutional evolution.
