The Myth of the Robber Barons,9780963020314

The Myth of the Robber Barons

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780963020314
ISBN10: 0963020315
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1993-06-01
Publisher(s): Ecampus Direct
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Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Forrest McDonald
Preface xiii
``The greatest anti-monopolist in the country:'' Commodore Vanderbilt and the Steamship Industry
1(16)
``Making a difference in the way the world worked:'' James J. Hill and the Transcontinental Railroads
17(24)
``Confidence and unity of purpose:'' The Scrantons and America's First Iron Rails
41(22)
``The American spirit of conquest:'' Charles Schwab and the Steel Industry
63(20)
``Refining oil for the poor man:'' John D. Rockefeller and the Oil Industry
83(20)
``Cutting taxes to raise revenue:'' Andrew Mellon and the 1920s
103(18)
Conclusion: Entepreneurs vs. the Historians
121
APPENDIX
Notes
135
Index
164

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