对南北战争前美国股份制经济的历史考察

在美国，从国家独立到走向繁荣的进程中，股份经济起着十分重要的作用。其股份经济最早产生于17世纪初，它从英国移植而来，为美国提供了现成的企业组织形式。18世纪中后期，一些州政府对有限责任的许可，推动了美国股份经济的初步发展，19世纪30年代到南北战争前发生的以铁路建设大发展为标志的交通运输业革命，导致了美国历史上股份经济发展的第一个高潮，它为南北战争后美国经济迈入世界工业化强国奠定了基础。

A Historical Investigation of the American Joint- stock Economy before the Civil War

In America, the joint - stock economy played a crucial role in the process from the national independence to prosperity. Its joint - stock economy first appeared at the beginning of the 17th century. It was transplanted from England and provided a ready style of enterprise organization for America. In the middle and later periods of the 18th century, some state governments' permission to limited liability promoted the initial development of the joint - stock economy in America. The traffic and transportation revolution that happened from the 1830s to the beginning of the Civil War with the railway construction as the symbol resulted in the first climax in the development of joint - stock economy in the history of America. This laid a foundation for America entering into the industrialized great powers of the world after the Civil War.