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The inside history of the Carnegie Steel Company : a romance of millions / by James Howard Bridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bridge, James Howard, 1858-1939, author.
- Series:
- Pittsburgh series in social and labor history.
- Pittsburgh series in social and labor history
- Standardized Title:
- History of the Carnegie Steel Company
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carnegie Steel Company--History.
- Carnegie Steel Company.
- Steel industry and trade--United States--History.
- Steel industry and trade.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (433 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1991]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It created a sensation when it appeared in 1903 and remains a striking insider's narrative of the American steel industry in the late nineteenth century. Details the historic confrontation between Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, and the business dealings leading up to the creation of U.S. Steel in 1900.
- Contents:
- Introduction; preface; author's note to the third edition; chapter i the humble beginning: 1853-1863; chapter ii a most hazardous enterprise: 1863-1865; chapter iii early struggles and successes: 1865; chapter iv iron railway bridges: 1865; chapter v a rivalry of great furnaces: 1872; chapter vi beginnings and growth of the steel business: 1875; chapter vii some inside financial history: 1875-1888; chapter viii quarrels and ejectures
- chapter ix a glance at processes; chapter x the rise and growth of homestead: 1879; chapter xi the incoming of henry clay frick: 1882.
- CHAPTER XII THE CAPTURE OF THE DUQUESNE STEEL WORKS: 1889CHAPTER XIII LABOR CONTESTS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; CHAPTER XIV THE HOMESTEAD BATTLE: 1892; CHAPTER XV ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR. FRICK; CHAPTER XVI THE AFTERMATH OF WAR; CHAPTER XVII A RELUCTANT SUPREMACY: 1892-1899; CHAPTER XVIII THE WORKINGS OF THE CORPORATE MIND: 1899; CHAPTER XIX THE ZENITH OF PROSPERITY; CHAPTER XX CARNEGIE'S ATTEMPT TO DEPOSE FRICK; CHAPTER XXI THE FAILURE OF THE IRON-CLAD; CHAPTER XXII THE ATLANTIC CITY COMPROMISE; CHAPTER XXIII THE BILLION-DoLLAR FINALE; APPENDIX; INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- Originally published: History of the Carnegie Steel Company. New York : Aldine Book Co., 1903.
- ISBN:
- 9780822990574
- 0822990571
- OCLC:
- 909142557
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