Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-548) and index.
The chief : Samuel Insull -- Building General Electric -- Dynamo at Chicago Edison: 1892-1907 -- Expanding horizons: 1907-1918 -- Peak and peril: 1919-1929 -- Plummet and ruin: 1930-38 -- The boss: Jack Bowen -- Meadows to Murchison -- A monumental mistake -- Florida Gas Company -- Transco Energy Company -- Houston Natural Gas Corporation -- The prince of bankruptcy : John Henry Kirby -- Robert Herring and Ray Fish -- Formation and maturation -- Robert Herring and after -- Epilogue market order, political challenges