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Livesay, Harold C.

Andrew Carnegie and the rise of big business / Harold C. Livesay ; edited by Oscar Handlin. - Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1975. - xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Library of American biography . - Library of American biography (New York, N.Y.) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-219) and index.

Flying Scots: In Search of a Dream -- The Climb Begins -- The Apprentice Manager -- The Apprentice Financier -- The Master Moneyman: A Fortune in Paper -- The Master Builder: A Foundation of Iron -- The Master Builder: A Structure of Steel -- The Master Manager: Costs, Chemistry, and Coke -- Triumph and Tragedy -- Carnegie Challenges the World -- The Climb Ends. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI.

ISBN: 0321043731 (pbk.)

LCCN: 99033825

Subjects--Personal Names:
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Industrialists--United States--Biography.
Millionaires--United States--Biography.
Philanthropists--United States--Biography.
Steel industry and trade--History.--United States
Iron industry and trade--History.--United States
Big business--History.--United States

LC Class. No.: HD9520.C3 / L58 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 338.7/672/092 B