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American industrialists

Industrialists and tycoons

Lives of the men who built American steel, cars, tyres, utilities, aircraft and mail-order between 1860 and 1940.

7 books on American industrialists, recommended by 2 people including Larry Ellison and Marc Andreessen.

7 books · 3 experts

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  1. The Robber BaronsMatthew Josephson, 1934
  2. Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. SchwabRobert Hessen, 1975
  3. InsullForrest McDonald, 1962
  4. Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter PartnershipLes Standiford, 2005
  5. The TycoonsCharles R. Morris, 2005

The best books on American industrialists 7

The Robber BaronsThe Robber Barons
T2 The Robber Barons
Matthew Josephson · 1934
The framing of Rockefeller's generation that shaped US policy.
Open Library
Recommended byLarry Ellison
Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab
T2 Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab
Robert Hessen · 1975
The operator Carnegie promoted; the best view of how the mills ran.
Open Library
InsullInsull
T3 Insull
Forrest McDonald · 1962
The man who invented the regulated-return utility bargain, and the holding company that killed him.
Open Library
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry ClaMeet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership
T3 Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership
Les Standiford · 2005
Narrative of the Frick partnership and Homestead.
Open Library
The TycoonsThe Tycoons
T3 The Tycoons
Charles R. Morris · 2005
Carnegie, Rockefeller, Gould and Morgan and the economy they built
Open Library
“on how four great builders of the 19th century built the world we live in today”Marc Andreessen
Recommended byMarc Andreessen
Julius RosenwaldJulius Rosenwald
T3 Julius Rosenwald
Peter M. Ascoli · 2006
Biography of the merchant who built the mail-order machine; Open Library unreachable.
Open Library
Henry Clay Frick: The Life of the Perfect CaHenry Clay Frick: The Life of the Perfect Capitalist
T3 Henry Clay Frick: The Life of the Perfect Capitalist
Quentin R. Skrabec · 2010
The partner who did the things Carnegie preferred not to sign.
Open Library

Experts 3

The people who wrote this page's books, and the people who recommend them.

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Charles R. Morriswrote 1 book here

Recommenders 2

Marc Andreessenrecommends 1 book hereLarry Ellisonrecommends 1 book here
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