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National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated...
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated...
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Recounts the story of the rise of the Standard Oil monopoly in the late 19th century and the work of pioneering investigative journalist Ida Tarbell, whose discoveries about the firm's unethical practices culminated in a landmark 1911 Supreme Court antitrust decision.
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English
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The incredible tale of how ambitious oil rivals Marcus Samuel, Jr., and Henri Deterding joined forces to topple the Standard Oil empire
Marcus Samuel, Jr., is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power. Having annihilated all competition and possessing near-total domination of the market, even the U.S. government is wary of challenging...
Marcus Samuel, Jr., is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power. Having annihilated all competition and possessing near-total domination of the market, even the U.S. government is wary of challenging...
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Macmillan
Pub. Date
[1965]
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xiii, 386 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 22 cm
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English
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Studies the genesis of the estimated four billion dollar Rockefeller fortune, and establishes how one man built the Standard Oil empire and accumulated the wealth.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
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xvi, 444 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
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English
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The story of globalization, the most powerful force in history, as told through the life and times of ten people who changed the world by their singular, spectacular accomplishments. This is the first book to look at the history of globalization through the lens of individuals who did something transformative, as opposed to describing globalization through trends, policies, or particular industries. From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these...
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H. Holt and Co
Pub. Date
©2005
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1st ed.
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xvi, 382 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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"What we think of as the modern American economy was the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan. They were the giants of the Gilded Age, the tycoons behind the period of riotous growth that established America as the richest, most inventive, and most productive country on the planet. They are, quite literally, the founding fathers of our economy - and, thus, of modern America." "Charles R. Morris takes...
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Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
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319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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"A daughter of American royalty, Eileen Rockefeller is one of the first in her family to write a memoir of growing up with fame and fortune and finding her own voice within its storied history"--
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
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3 blu-ray discs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The miniseries shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers, and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.
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Distributed by Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
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Widescreen.
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3 videodiscs (approx. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carmegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States. a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.
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