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Author Holbrook, Stewart H., 1893-1964.

Title The age of the moguls.

Publication Info. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday [1953]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  338.09 H69    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  923.3 HOLBROOK    Check Shelf
Edition [First edition].
Description x, 373 pages : portraits ; 24 cm.
Series Mainstream of America series
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [364]-366.
Contents pt. 1 The era of brass knuckles : Noon -- Primitives -- Bold new talents -- The wars of the Troglodytes -- He was always kind to the poor -- Wreckage. -- pt. 2 Rise of the colossi : Rockefeller I -- Carnegie -- The first harassments -- Rulers of Chicago -- Monarchs of the far west. -- pt. 3 The era of frenzied finance : Standard Oil in full power -- The steel trust -- The copper-plated kings -- Tom Lawson and the system. -- pt. 4 New giants appear : The rise of Charlie Schwab -- The last railroad war -- Henry Ford's new era -- Mr. Mellon -- Insull the false Midas. -- pt. 5 Dynastic succession : The Du Ponts -- The Guggenheims -- The last mogul. -- pt. 6 What they did with it : Elegances and bequests.
Subject Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography -- History.
Industries -- United States -- History.
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