The Robber Barons

Matthew Josephson examines the careers of such masters of finance and industry as J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay gould, e.H. Harriman, and Henry Clay Frick. He shows that under the command of these industry giants, the country progressed from a mainly agrarian=-mercasntile society to an economy propelled predominantly bymass production. Compelling in its own right, this important book is a vital part of American and global economic history. Bibliography, Index. 474p.