Landmarks in Modern American Business is the first Magill's Choice title to draw on Salem Press's popular Great Events from History II books. That series was designed to provide students and general readers with insights into important historical subjects by supplying information in a quickly retrievable format and easy-to-understand style. All but six articles in Landmarks in Modern American Business are taken from Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce, a five-volume set published in 1994. That set contained 374 articles on important businesss-related events and developments that occurrred throughout the world during the twentieth century. In selecting which articles to use in the present set, our first decision was to restrict coverage to the United States. The next decision was to identify articles covering the most significant events—those representing major turning points, or landmarks, in American business and commercial history.