Carnegie
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Carnegie

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One of the major figures in American history, Andrew Carnegie was a ruthless businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry and ultimately gave most of it away. He used his wealth to ascend the world's political stage, influencing the presidencies of Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt. In retirement, Carnegie became an avid promoter of world peace, only to be crushed emotionally by World War I.In this compelling biography, Peter Krass reconstructs the complicated life of this titan who came to power in America's Gilded Age. He transports the reader to Carnegie's Pittsburgh, where hundreds of smoking furnaces belched smoke into the sky and the air was filled with acrid fumes... and mill workers worked seven-day weeks while Carnegie spent months traveling across Europe.Carnegie explores the contradictions in the life of the man who rose from lowly bobbin boy to build the largest and most profitable steel company in the world. Krass examines how Carnegie became one of the greatest philanthropists ever known-and earned a notorious reputation that history has yet to fully reconcile with his remarkable accomplishments.

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Publisher
Trade Paper Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9781118208571
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business Biographies
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1. Flesh and Blood
  8. 2. Odyssey to America
  9. 3. $1.20 a Week
  10. 4. The Scotch Devil
  11. 5. Tree of Knowledge
  12. 6. Blood Money and Black Gold
  13. 7. An Iron Coup
  14. 8. Many Hands, Many Cookie Jars
  15. 9. Bridges to Glory
  16. 10. Epiphany of Legend
  17. 11. Template for Domination
  18. 12. Rekindling the Flame
  19. 13. War against the Steel Aristocracy
  20. 14. An Attack on Britain
  21. 15. Bleeding Hearts and Bleeding Newspapers
  22. 16. Patronizing the Peasants
  23. 17. The Pale Horse and the Gray Dress
  24. 18. Gospel of Conscience
  25. 19. Rewards from the Harrison Presidency
  26. 20. Prelude to Homestead
  27. 21. The Homestead Tragedy
  28. 22. The Great Armor Scandal
  29. 23. Seeking a Measure of Peace
  30. 24. Illegal Rebates and a Fight with Rockefeller
  31. 25. A Point of Disruption and Transition
  32. 26. The Crusades
  33. 27. UnCivil War
  34. 28. The World’s Richest Man
  35. 29. Tainted Seeds
  36. 30. Human Frailty
  37. 31. The Peace Mission Begins
  38. 32. The Metamorphosis of Andrew Carnegie
  39. 33. Covert Deal with Taft
  40. 34. The Last Great Benefaction
  41. 35. House of Cards
  42. 36. The War to End All Wars
  43. The Carnegie Legacy
  44. Notes
  45. Selected Bibliography
  46. Acknowledgments
  47. Index