Journal Article The Origins of the American Business Corporation, 1784–1855: Broadening the Concept of Public Service during Industrialization. By Ronald E. Seavoy. (Westport: Greenwood, 1982. xii + 314 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95.) Get access Hendrik Hartog Hendrik Hartog University of Wisconsin Law School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Issue 2, September 1984, Pages 385–386, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901778 Published: 01 September 1984