Henry Clay Fric : the life of the perfect capitalist / Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skrabec, Quentin R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919.

Frick, Henry Clay.

Businesspeople--United States--Biography.

Businesspeople.

Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

Capitalists and financiers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Henry Clay Frick, reviled in his own time, infamous in ours, was blamed for the Johnstown Flood (which killed 2,200 people) as well as the violent Homestead Strike of 1892, and survived an assassination attempt, yet at the same time was an ardent philanthropist, giving more than 100 million during his lifetime and in his will, while insisting on anonymity. This biography explores the contradictions in this great industrialist's nature and avoids the extremes of both hagiography and denunciation.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Preface; A Technical Note; Introduction; 1. A Heritage of Capitalism; 2. Boyhood, 1849 to 1860; 3. Connellsville Coke: Gray Gold; 4. The Prince of Coke; 5. Bessemer Convertors, Strikes, and Carnegie; 6. The King of Coke; 7. A Fox in the Henhouse; 8. The Strike of 1887; 9. Providence; 10. Labor Disputes and Personal Setbacks; 11. The Run-Up to Homestead; 12. An Industrial Waterloo; 13. Homestead-The Battle; 14. The Aftermath; 15. The Foundation of a Great Corporation; 16. Big Steel; 17. United States Steel

18. The World's Richest Neighborhood19. New York and the Panic of 1907; 20. Final Years, 1910-1919; 21. Pittsburgh Capitalism; 22. The Labor Republic; 23. An Organizational Genius; 24. A Final Look; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-5608-6