Edison to Enron : energy markets and political strategies / Robert L. Bradley, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley, Robert L., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gas industry--United States--History.

Gas industry.

Power resources--United States--History.

Power resources.

Corporations--Moral and ethical aspects.

Corporations.

Corporations--Political aspects.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 587 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley ; Salem, MA : Scrivener Publishing, 2011.

Summary:

This unabashedly joyful look at the American fossil fuel energy industry explores the life and work of important characters in the history of the business, detailing the triumphs and failures of coal, oil and gas barons as they developed the modern energy industry America depends on today. The work focuses on Samuel Insull and the development of the national electrical system, Texas natural resource magnate Jack Bowen, and a series of business leaders who built and nurtured the modern natural gas industry. Bradley is a former Enron executive and exuberant free market advocate. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The chief : Samuel Insull

Building General Electric

Dynamo at Chicago Edison: 1892-1907

Expanding horizons: 1907-1918

Peak and peril: 1919-1929

Plummet and ruin: 1930-38

The boss: Jack Bowen

Meadows to Murchison

A monumental mistake

Florida Gas Company

Transco Energy Company

Houston Natural Gas Corporation

The prince of bankruptcy : John Henry Kirby

Robert Herring and Ray Fish

Formation and maturation

Robert Herring and after

Epilogue market order, political challenges.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780470917367

0470917369

OCLC:

660533546

Publisher Number:

99941843904