Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business (Library of American Biography Series) (3rd Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (619 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0321432878 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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By then, however, as Harold C. Those shifts were symbolic insofar as they brought him into contact with the dynamic forces that were altering communications and were creating large regional economic units to replace the earlier, small ones. Carnegie also exemplified the habits of mind important at one stage of industrial development. Melton-was not an accident. When he finally sold out to United States Steel, he closed his own career and also the stage of development in which he had actively participated. They involved not only the new technology of machines, but also profound alterations in the organization of work and in habits of the mind. He showed the capacity to use capital and technicians well, not in a speculative or an exploitive fashion, but to create wealth. Andrew Carnegie exemplified one phase of the change. That he remained apart from
In this biography, author and scholar Harold C. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.. Livesay examines the life and legacy of Andrew Carnegie, one of the greatest captains of industry and philanthropists in the history of the United States. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography Series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life
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