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Standard Oil

Energy, materials and industryoil-and-gas

The trust whose breakup shaped American antitrust law, and the subject of the founding work of investigative business journalism.

Books 10Experts 3Recommenders 19People 1
The History of the Standard Oil CompanyThe History of the Standard Oil Company
T1 The History of the Standard Oil Company
Ida M. Tarbell · 1904
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Standard Oil used railroad rebates to crush rival refiners, case by case.

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, anThe Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
T1 The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
Daniel Yergin · 1991
Open LibraryGoodreads

The history of oil from the first Pennsylvania well to the Gulf War.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Patrick O'Shaughnessy and 3 others

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
T1 Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Ron Chernow · 1998
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Rockefeller built Standard Oil, faced its breakup and gave his fortune away.

“…books I've recommended, highlighted to death, or forced on friends.” — Andrew Wilkinson

Source: Andrew Wilkinson's Bookshelf, neverenough.com

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Charlie Munger and 12 others

The Robber BaronsThe Robber Barons
T2 The Robber Barons
Matthew Josephson · 1934
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Vanderbilt, Gould, Rockefeller, Morgan and others built 19th-century fortunes.

Recommended by: Larry Ellison

The TycoonsThe Tycoons
T2 The Tycoons
Charles R. Morris · 2005
Open LibraryGoodreads

Carnegie, Rockefeller, Gould and Morgan and the economy they built

“on how four great builders of the 19th century built the world we live in today” — Marc Andreessen

Source: @pmarca, companion thread to 'It's Time to Build'

Recommended by: Marc Andreessen

Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller, IndustrStudy in Power: John D. Rockefeller, Industrialist and Philanthropist
T3 Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller, Industrialist and Philanthropist
Allan Nevins · 1940
Open LibraryGoodreads

The major revisionist defence written against Tarbell.

Pioneering in Big Business, 1882-1911
T3 Pioneering in Big Business, 1882-1911
Ralph W. Hidy, Muriel E. Hidy · 1955
Open LibraryGoodreads

The authorised scholarly history of Standard Oil of New Jersey.

The Rockefellers: An American DynastyThe Rockefellers: An American Dynasty
T3 The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty
Peter Collier, David Horowitz · 1976
Open LibraryGoodreads

The family and trusts that outlived the operating company.

Taking On the TrustTaking On the Trust
T3 Taking On the Trust
Steve Weinberg · 2008
Open LibraryGoodreads

Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller, and the collision between the two.

Ida Tarbell: Portrait of a MuckrakerIda Tarbell: Portrait of a Muckraker
T4 Ida Tarbell: Portrait of a Muckraker
Kathleen Brady · 1984
Open LibraryGoodreads

Biography of the journalist whose reporting broke the trust.

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