Business enterprises have played a major role in shaping the social and political as well as economic development of the United States and Canada over the past two hundred years - perhaps more so than in most other modern nations. This class explores the growth and significance of business in the history of these two countries. Among the topics covered are: entrepreneurship, technical innovation and economic growth; the rise of big business and management organization; the convoluted and controversial linkages of business and government; and the emergence of multinational enterprises and their impact on Canadian-American relations.