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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Page 89
He bought large interests in the Baltimore & Ohio and other competing lines ; but when he did this , I do not believe he knew he was breaking the constitution , for in those days railway officials thought little about the law , because ...
He bought large interests in the Baltimore & Ohio and other competing lines ; but when he did this , I do not believe he knew he was breaking the constitution , for in those days railway officials thought little about the law , because ...
Page 109
The great railway corporations , in all cases , as well as the great manufacturing companies generally , are stock concerns , with shares of fifty or a hundred dollars each , which are bought and sold daily in the market .
The great railway corporations , in all cases , as well as the great manufacturing companies generally , are stock concerns , with shares of fifty or a hundred dollars each , which are bought and sold daily in the market .
Page 230
The people of America can smile at the efforts of all her railway magnates and of all her manufacturers to defeat the economic laws by Trusts or com- binations , or pools , or “ differentials , " or anything of like character .
The people of America can smile at the efforts of all her railway magnates and of all her manufacturers to defeat the economic laws by Trusts or com- binations , or pools , or “ differentials , " or anything of like character .
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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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