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Steel titan : the life of Charles M. Schwab
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- Creator
- Robert Hessen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1990]
- ©1975
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (367 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0822959062, 9780822959069, 0822972921, 130694449X, 9780822972921
- OCLC
- ocn887803080, ocn891395130
- Reprint. Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1975.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-341) and index.
- English
- Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. An Unlikely Background -- 2. A New World of Steel -- 3. Success and Scandal -- 4. Promotion to the Presidency -- 5. Troubleshooter and Conciliator -- 6. Out from Carnegie's Shadow -- 7. U.S. Steel: Schwab's Rise and Fall -- 8. The U.S. Shipbuilding Company Scandal -- 9. The Transformation of Bethlehem Steel -- 10. Tariff and Labor Controversies -- 11. Wartime Challenges -- 12. Dollar-a-year Man -- 13. Semi-retirement -- 14. Postwar Conflicts and Challenges -- 15. Twilight of a Titan -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Index