Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business

In this biography, author and scholar Harold C. Livesay examines the life and legacy of Andrew Carnegie, one of the greatest captains of industry and philanthropists in the history of the United States.

Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography Series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.

Summary

In this biography, author and scholar Harold C. Livesay examines the life and legacy of Andrew Carnegie, one of the greatest captains of industry and philanthropists in the history of the United States.
Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography Series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.

Product details

• Authors: Harold C. Livesay, Harold Livesay
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 16.03.2006
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9780321432872
• ISBN: 978-0-321-43287-2
• Pages: 240
• Dimensions (packing): 12.4 x 19.1 x 1.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 163 g
• Series: Prentice Hall; Library of American Biographie; Prentice Hall