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Burton Jesse Hendrick
The Age of Big Business: A Chronicle of the Captains of Industry

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The Age of Big Business: A Chronicle of the Captains of Industry

by Burton Jesse Hendrick

EN·~4 hours·8 chapters

Chapters

8 total

CHAPTER I. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR

30:34

CHAPTER II. THE FIRST GREAT AMERICAN TRUST

42:19

CHAPTER III. THE EPIC OF STEEL

35:40

CHAPTER IV. THE TELEPHONE: "AMERICA'S MOST POETICAL ACHIEVEMENT"

41:56

CHAPTER V. THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES

38:54

CHAPTER VI. MAKING THE WORLD'S AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY

26:17

CHAPTER VII. THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE AUTOMOBILE

22:24

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

3:20

Description

Chronicles of America series; v. 39

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~4 hours (231K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by The James J. Kelly Library Of St. Gregory's University, Alev Akman, and David Widger

Release date

2002-01-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3037

Subjects

Industries -- United States -- History Big business -- United States -- History HC

About the author

Burton Jesse Hendrick

1870–1949

A journalist turned celebrated biographer, he wrote vivid, accessible portraits of major American figures and won multiple Pulitzer Prizes for biography. His books helped bring business leaders, editors, and political personalities to life for a wide readership.

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