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Book Synopsis John D. Rockefeller, Empire Builder by : Ellen Greenman Coffey
Download or read book John D. Rockefeller, Empire Builder written by Ellen Greenman Coffey and published by Silver Burdett Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and later became a famous philanthropist, establishing the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913.
Book Synopsis Empire Builder by : Sandra E. Bonura
Download or read book Empire Builder written by Sandra E. Bonura and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2021 San Diego Book Award Empire Builder is the previously untold story of a pioneer who almost single-handedly transformed the bankrupt village of San Diego into a thriving city. When he first dropped anchor in San Diego Bay on a warm June day in 1887, John Diedrich Spreckels set into motion a series of events that later defined the city. Within just a few years, this son of the German immigrant Claus Spreckels, known as the “Sugar King,” owned and controlled the majority of San Diego’s industry by demanding advanced techniques of building construction, water supply management, and energy production, as well as improvements in transportation—particularly by ship, rail, electric streetcar, and automobile. After successfully building empires in sugar, shipping, and transportation and building development up and down the coast of California and across the Pacific, Spreckels rubbed shoulders with world leaders, bailed out royalty, and even successfully sued the U.S. government twice, all while contributing to numerous educational, charitable, and cultural institutions in San Diego and San Francisco. Despite the fact that Spreckels created and owned much of San Diego’s early twentieth-century infrastructure, his name is unknown to many contemporary San Diegans. Nobody, especially not Spreckels himself, could have foreseen that his empire would be all but forgotten in so short a time. Sandra E. Bonura strives to correct this oversight by providing a behind-the-scenes look into the Spreckels family and its role in business and into the man himself. This deeply researched biography, which includes newly discovered family documents and photos, paints a realistic portrait of cultural, economic, and political aspects of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century California.
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Book Synopsis John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937, Industrial Pioneer and Man by : Wallace Trevor Holliday
Download or read book John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937, Industrial Pioneer and Man written by Wallace Trevor Holliday and published by New York : Newcomen Society of England, American Branch. This book was released on 1948 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John D. Rockefeller, Sr.: America's First Billionaire by : Daniel Alef
Download or read book John D. Rockefeller, Sr.: America's First Billionaire written by Daniel Alef and published by Titans of Fortune Publishing. This book was released on with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of the Standard Oil Company by : Ida Minerva Tarbell
Download or read book The History of the Standard Oil Company written by Ida Minerva Tarbell and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John D. Rockefeller by : Bernard A. Weisberger
Download or read book John D. Rockefeller written by Bernard A. Weisberger and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John D. Rockefeller - the world's first billionaire - created an industrial empire on a scale America had never known. He ruthlessly crushed anyone who got in his way, yet lived a quiet, honest life. Here, in this essay by respected historian Bernard W. Weisberger, is Rockefeller's surprising and often contradictory story.
Download or read book Titan written by Ron Chernow and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2004-03-30 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated money lavishly to universities and medical centers. He was the terror of his competitors, the bogeyman of reformers, the delight of caricaturists—and an utter enigma. Drawing on unprecedented access to Rockefeller’s private papers, Chernow reconstructs his subjects’ troubled origins (his father was a swindler and a bigamist) and his single-minded pursuit of wealth. But he also uncovers the profound religiosity that drove him “to give all I could”; his devotion to his father; and the wry sense of humor that made him the country’s most colorful codger. Titan is a magnificent biography—balanced, revelatory, elegantly written.
Book Synopsis The Eccentric Billionaire by : Nancy Kriplen
Download or read book The Eccentric Billionaire written by Nancy Kriplen and published by AMACOM/American Management Association. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The countrys second-richest man at the time of his death, John D. MacArthur also became one of its greatest benefactors. However, as Kriplen reveals in this compelling book, MacArthur was not the benevolent figure one might expect.
Book Synopsis John D. RockeFeller by : John K. Winkler
Download or read book John D. RockeFeller written by John K. Winkler and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was the world's first billionaire really like? This highly entertaining work, by an acclaimed business biographer, seeks to explode the "shadowy myth" of John D. Rockefeller and reveal the "rare and astonishing personality" behind it. From his humble roots in Ohio, where he learned thrift and industry as the bookkeeper of a dockside warehouse, to the death threats this "modern Machiavelli" received during the early years of Standard Oil, to his ascendancy to the rank of "the most detested man in the country"-when churches refused his donations as tainted money-and his subsequent formation of the philanthropic Rockefeller Foundation, this is a knowingly ironic and subtly witty work of biography. JOHN K. WINKLER is also the author of W.R. Hearst: An American Phenomenon (1928) and Morgan the Magnificent, or The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1930).
Book Synopsis The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1 by : Albert J. Churella
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1 written by Albert J. Churella and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-10-29 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Do not think of the Pennsylvania Railroad as a business enterprise," Forbes magazine informed its readers in May 1936. "Think of it as a nation." At the end of the nineteenth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest privately owned business corporation in the world. In 1914, the PRR employed more than two hundred thousand people—more than double the number of soldiers in the United States Army. As the self-proclaimed "Standard Railroad of the World," this colossal corporate body underwrote American industrial expansion and shaped the economic, political, and social environment of the United States. In turn, the PRR was fundamentally shaped by the American landscape, adapting to geography as well as shifts in competitive economics and public policy. Albert J. Churella's masterful account, certain to become the authoritative history of the Pennsylvania Railroad, illuminates broad themes in American history, from the development of managerial practices and labor relations to the relationship between business and government to advances in technology and transportation. Churella situates exhaustive archival research on the Pennsylvania Railroad within the social, economic, and technological changes of nineteenth- and twentieth-century America, chronicling the epic history of the PRR intertwined with that of a developing nation. This first volume opens with the development of the Main Line of Public Works, devised by Pennsylvanians in the 1820s to compete with the Erie Canal. Though a public rather than a private enterprise, the Main Line foreshadowed the establishment of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1846. Over the next decades, as the nation weathered the Civil War, industrial expansion, and labor unrest, the PRR expanded despite competition with rival railroads and disputes with such figures as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. The dawn of the twentieth century brought a measure of stability to the railroad industry, enabling the creation of such architectural monuments as Pennsylvania Station in New York City. The volume closes at the threshold of American involvement in World War I, as the strategies that PRR executives had perfected in previous decades proved less effective at guiding the company through increasingly tumultuous economic and political waters.
Book Synopsis John D. Rockefeller by : Susan E. Hamen
Download or read book John D. Rockefeller written by Susan E. Hamen and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of businessman John D. Rockefeller.
Book Synopsis 1865 TO THE PRESENT A UNITED STATES HISTORY FOR HIGH SCHOOLS by :
Download or read book 1865 TO THE PRESENT A UNITED STATES HISTORY FOR HIGH SCHOOLS written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John D. Rockefeller and His Career by : Silas Hubbard
Download or read book John D. Rockefeller and His Career written by Silas Hubbard and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... stock of all the great banks and trust companies in New York. He had the National City Bank to begin with. There was $100,000,000 or more on deposit there. His plan was to make the City Bank, Bank No. i. Bank No. i was to buy control of the stock of Bank No. 2 with the money of the depositors of Bank No. i. Bank No. 2 was to buy the control of Bank No. 3 with the deposits of Bank No. 2. Bank No. 3 was to buy control of Bank No. 4, and so on in an endless chain till every big bank of New York was in his clutches. How far Rockefeller has succeeded in consolidating this bank trust is not known. It is known, however, that by this chain of banks he has an uncanny control over the money markets of the nation. His banking trust is, of course, illegal. But Rockefeller has the best legal talent in America to aid him to do illegal things with immunity. XLVII ROCKEFELLER'S RAILROAD TRUST BEFORE he had his banking trust complete Rockefeller conceived the project of a railroad trust that would own every railroad line on the continent. He had no difficulty in getting the Goulds into his scheme. He had outwitted Jay Gould and the second generation of the Goulds laid no claim to the father's ability. In fact, they are children in Rockefeller's hands. The Vanderbilts were only too glad to enter into an alliance with Rockefeller also. Most of them preferred a butterfly life at Newport or at Paris or at 'Monaco to a job operating the New York Central. There are people in the world who believe that the main end of life is to marry and be given in marriage; to shine at the opera; to be the glass of fashion at a dance; and an excellent host and diner-out. Such people easily surrender the management of great railroads or great industrial institutions to men...
Book Synopsis John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie by : Andrew Carnegie
Download or read book John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie written by Andrew Carnegie and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the lives and legacies of two of the richest Americans in history. This autobiography combo features the lives, achievements, and reflections on life from two of the wealthiest men of all time, all written in their own words. Both of these men built incredible empires of wealth, shaping the path of America and leaving legacies which continue to be felt to this day. Now, inside this book, you'll get a glimpse into the minds of these two figures, and the underlying philosophies and mindsets which helped them become so successful. You'll learn about: John D. Rockefeller, the oil and business tycoon who is widely regarded as the richest person in modern history and America's first billionaire And Andrew Carnegie, who founded an empire on steel, surpassed Rockefeller in wealth, and devoted the last years of his life to a wealth of philanthropist projects The impact of these men's lives have had a drastic effect on America, from the many oil companies who can trace their founding back to Rockefeller, to Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth and his billion-dollar donations to countless charities and Universities. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the amazing lives and legacies of these business tycoons. Grab your copy now!
Book Synopsis John D. Rockefeller, Empire Builder by : Ellen Greenman Coffey
Download or read book John D. Rockefeller, Empire Builder written by Ellen Greenman Coffey and published by Silver Burdett Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and later became a famous philanthropist, establishing the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913.
Book Synopsis JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER by : John K. Winkler
Download or read book JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER written by John K. Winkler and published by Cosimo Classics. This book was released on 2007-11-02 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was the world's first billionaire really like? This highly entertaining work, by an acclaimed business biographer, seeks to explode the "shadowy myth" of John D. Rockefeller and reveal the "rare and astonishing personality" behind it. From his humble roots in Ohio, where he learned thrift and industry as the bookkeeper of a dockside warehouse, to the death threats this "modern Machiavelli" received during the early years of Standard Oil, to his ascendancy to the rank of "the most detested man in the country"-when churches refused his donations as tainted money-and his subsequent formation of the philanthropic Rockefeller Foundation, this is a knowingly ironic and subtly witty work of biography.
Book Synopsis John D. Rockefeller by : Allan Nevins
Download or read book John D. Rockefeller written by Allan Nevins and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century businessman and philanthropist, tracing his rise from worker to oil multi-millionaire and founder of the Standard Oil Company.
