Kochland : the secret history of Koch Industries and corporate power in America / Christopher Leonard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leonard, Christopher, 1975- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Koch Industries--History.

Koch Industries.

Koch, Charles G. (Charles de Ganahl), 1935-.

Koch, Charles G.

Koch, David H., 1940-2019.

Koch, David H.

Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History.

Petroleum industry and trade.

History.

United States.

Corporate power--United States.

Corporate power.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 687 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Preface: The fighter

Part 1: The Koch method. Under surveillance ; The age of volatility begins; The war for Pine Bend ; The age of volatility intensifies ; The war for Koch Industries ; Koch University ; The enemies circle ; The secret brotherhood of process owners ; Off the rails ; The failure

Part 2: The black box economy. Rise of the Texans ; Information asymmetries ; Attack of the killer electrons! ; Trading the real world ; Seizing Georgia-Pacific ; The dawn of the labor management system ; The crash

Part 3: Goliath. Solidarity ; Warming ; Hotter ; The war for America's BTUs ; The education of Chase Koch ; Make the IBU great again ; Burning ; Control

Appendix: Alphabetical directory of significant characters in Kochland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-660) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781476775401

1476775400

Publisher Number:

99983952453

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.