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Overview
This is not only a masterly study of the great empire-builder and philanthropist but an engrossing chronicle of the rise of Big Business in the U.S."--Publishers Weekly"...the author ranges widely over the many lives of Andrew Carnegie, destroying myths, establishing connections, constructing a complex, sensitive portrait..."--Peter d'A Jones, American Historical Review
Editorials
Peter D'A. Jones
A classic American biography and a genuine contribution to American scholarship. Andrew Carnegie is a remarkable achievement: a huge slice of American and British economic, political, and intellectual history served up in rich, leisurely detail. Immensely knowledgeable, the author ranges widely over the many lives of Andrew Carnegie, destroying myths, establishing connections, constructing a complex, sensitive portrait of the man and his time.—Peter D'A. Jones, American Historical Review
Book Details
Published
December 1, 1989
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Pages
1168
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780822938286