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Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business
This best-selling biography offers readers a lively and compelling portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest businessmen, and provides an avenue to explore industrialism, capitalism, and the rise of big business.
Paperback, 228 pages
Published
September 21st 1999
by Longman Publishing Group
(first published 1975)
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Considering that the publisher sent it to me blind as a potential textbook supplement, I wasn't expecting much. It's a utilitarian read, but it did help me to understand two of the major industries in western PA: coal and steel.
Short read with so many connections to business and immigration in U.S. History. I loved this book and continually refer to it when I teach this time period to my high school students.
THIS IS NOT A BIOGRAPHY - it's an explanation of how big business worked. Very dry.
If you like business and you like history, you should read this short (200 pages) book. I didn't know much about Carnegie, so I found this reasonably interesting, but certainly not revelatory.
This is not a thought-provoking book unless you are interested in the business side and business lessons of Carnegie's life (as opposed to Titan, Rockefeller's 700 page, highly nuanced biography).
This is not a thought-provoking book unless you are interested in the business side and business lessons of Carnegie's life (as opposed to Titan, Rockefeller's 700 page, highly nuanced biography).
More of book on the fine art of business than a bio but easy reading.
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