The Andrew Carnegie ReaderAn anthology which aims to bring together a representative selection of Carnegie's writings which show him as a shrewd businessman, celebrated philanthropist, champion of democracy and eternal optimist. This collection covers 60 years of the industrial giant's life, from his letters to his cousin, George Lauder, written in 1853, to the final chapter of his autobiography, completed in 1914. |
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We were young in manufacturing then and obtained for the Cyclops Mills what was considered at the time an enormous extent of ... It soon be- came a question whether we could continue the manufacture of iron within . so small an area .
We were young in manufacturing then and obtained for the Cyclops Mills what was considered at the time an enormous extent of ... It soon be- came a question whether we could continue the manufacture of iron within . so small an area .
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At a conference with the manufacturers it was agreed by him that no matter what the through rates fell to , the local traffic on their lines from Pittsburg would be carried to Chicago or Philadel- phia and New York at a small difference ...
At a conference with the manufacturers it was agreed by him that no matter what the through rates fell to , the local traffic on their lines from Pittsburg would be carried to Chicago or Philadel- phia and New York at a small difference ...
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manufacturers were able for the first , and perhaps for the last time , to export steel rails to Canada in ... into life concerns which never should have attempted to manufacture rails ; and so that Trust died a natural death .
manufacturers were able for the first , and perhaps for the last time , to export steel rails to Canada in ... into life concerns which never should have attempted to manufacture rails ; and so that Trust died a natural death .
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Contents
The Making of the SelfMade Man | 1 |
Carnegie at Work Making Money | 29 |
Carnegie at Work Giving Away Money | 125 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Andrew Carnegie Reader Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies Pittsburgh series in social and labor history |
| Author | Andrew Carnegie |
| Editor | Joseph Frazier Wall |
| Contributor | Joseph Frazier Wall |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 082293700X, 9780822937005 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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