Andrew Carnegie

by Wall, Joseph Frazier

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This biography of the business tycoon and philanthropist also chronicles the rise of big business in America.

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Title Statements

Full title :Andrew Carnegie / Joseph Frazier Wall.

Summary

This biography of the business tycoon and philanthropist also chronicles the rise of big business in America.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1989.
Edition:[2nd ed.]

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Pittsburgh Press
Place of Publication:Pittsburgh, Pa
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1989.

Notes

Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1970.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 1137 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0822938286, 9780822938286, 0822959046, 9780822959045
oclc:ocm18780586
LC Classification:CT275.C3
Dewey Decimal:973.8/092/4

Prologue : Dunfermline 1835 -- The inheritance 1740-1835 -- Dunfermline childhood 1835-1848 -- The flitting 1848 -- The charter acquired 1848-1855 -- Mr. Scott's Andy 1853-1859 -- War and profits of war 1860-1865 -- Many eggs, many baskets 1865-1874 -- A basket of iron 1865-1872 -- Bridges and bonds 1868-1872 -- Steel is king 1873-1881 -- Unnatural selection 1878-1887 -- Courtship and marriage 1880-1887 -- The two worlds of Andrew Carnegie 1881-1896 -- Enter Mr. Frick 1881-1892 -- Homestead 1892 -- Mr. Carnegie's empire of business 1892-1900 -- Mr. McKinley's business of empire 1898-1900 -- Exit Mr. Frick 1899-1900 -- The contract closed 1901 -- The gospel of wealth 1899-1901 -- Philanthropy becomes big business 1901-1911 -- The quest for peace 1901-1910 -- Sunshine at Skibo 1901-1914 -- Shadows at Shadowbrook 1914-1919 -- Epilogue : The dead continues 1919-

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