| List of Figures | |
| List of Tables | |
| Preface | |
| Ch. 1 | Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | A Quantitative Test of Efficiency Theory | 21 |
| Ch. 3 | The Corporation as Public and Private Enterprise | 41 |
| Ch. 4 | Railroads: The Corporation's Institutional Wellspring | 78 |
| Ch. 5 | Auxiliary Institutions: The Stock Market, Investment Banking, and Brokers | 115 |
| Ch. 6 | Statutory Corporate Law, 1880-1913 | 144 |
| Ch. 7 | Prelude to a Revolution | 176 |
| Ch. 8 | American Industry Incorporates | 221 |
| Ch. 9 | Conclusion: A Political Sociology of the Large Corporation | 259 |
| Notes | 287 |
| References | 301 |
| Index | 319 |