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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Herbert Spencer believed that American political democracy was the result of the free enterprise system . Marx saw all forms of government as but manifestations of the prevailing economic order . In turning both Spencer and Marx upside ...
Herbert Spencer believed that American political democracy was the result of the free enterprise system . Marx saw all forms of government as but manifestations of the prevailing economic order . In turning both Spencer and Marx upside ...
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He had dutifully contributed to the Republican party coffers , but a political system which he regarded as perfect did not need his guidance . Moreover , for a man of his active , restless temperament , the Ameri- can political scene ...
He had dutifully contributed to the Republican party coffers , but a political system which he regarded as perfect did not need his guidance . Moreover , for a man of his active , restless temperament , the Ameri- can political scene ...
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Like all good Americans , Carnegie subscribed to the adage that political partisanship stopped at the water's edge . Carnegie was also one of the few major American industrialists in 1898 to urge a war with Spain over the issue of Cuba ...
Like all good Americans , Carnegie subscribed to the adage that political partisanship stopped at the water's edge . Carnegie was also one of the few major American industrialists in 1898 to urge a war with Spain over the issue of Cuba ...
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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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