The tycoons : how Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan invented the American supereconomy / Charles R. Morris

Object Details

Author

Morris, Charles R

Subject

Rockefeller, John D (John Davison) 1839-1937

Carnegie, Andrew 1835-1919

Gould, Jay 1836-1892

Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont) 1837-1913

Times Books.

Contents

1. Prelude -- 2. "... glorious Yankee Doodle" -- 3. Bandit capitalism -- 4. Wrenchings -- 5. Mega-machine -- 6. The first mass consumer society -- 7. Paper tigers -- 8. The age of Morgan -- 9. America rules -- 10. The wrong lessons -- App. I. The Carnegie Company's 1990 earnings -- App. II. Standard Oil earnings

Summary

"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 us deep into these men's empires and their methods, and reveals their influence on the lives of regular Americans. These four men - as fascinating as they were flawed - were essential to creating the America we have come to know. In this narrative, Morris reveals how they transformed our new and grasping nation into a world power."--BOOK JACKET.

2005

C2005

Call number

HD70.U6 M67 2005

Type

Biography

Physical description

xvi, 382 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm

Place

United States

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Industrial management--History

Industrialists

Record ID

siris_sil_980225

Metadata Usage (text)

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