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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Existing condi- tions are not changed by twenty percent leaps and bounds , and especially in times like these , when business is not even ... The percentage of men working from ten to eleven hours in this country in 1830 was 29.7 .
Existing condi- tions are not changed by twenty percent leaps and bounds , and especially in times like these , when business is not even ... The percentage of men working from ten to eleven hours in this country in 1830 was 29.7 .
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These em- braced , in the Southern Central States , 27.2 percent of all the farms ; in the South Atlantic States , 30 percent ; in the Southern States - Florida 33 percent , Georgia 39.9 percent , Alabama 42 percent , Louisiana 50.2 ...
These em- braced , in the Southern Central States , 27.2 percent of all the farms ; in the South Atlantic States , 30 percent ; in the Southern States - Florida 33 percent , Georgia 39.9 percent , Alabama 42 percent , Louisiana 50.2 ...
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In thirty - three counties eighty percent of the Negro farmers own and manage their land ; in fifty , seventy percent do so ; and only nineteen counties have more white than Negro farmers . In 1898 , Negroes in Virginia owned 978,118 ...
In thirty - three counties eighty percent of the Negro farmers own and manage their land ; in fifty , seventy percent do so ; and only nineteen counties have more white than Negro farmers . In 1898 , Negroes in Virginia owned 978,118 ...
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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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