The great age of American entrepreneurship produced the “robber barons,” men who exercised an enormous influence on the nation’s psychology. What these men thought—or thought they thought—is the subject of Mr. Kirkland’s original and provocative book. Immersing himself in the statements and writings of businessmen of the era, he explores their views of the social and economic scene, their interest in higher education, and their unease with wasteful and inefficient government. In distilling their dreams and thought, Mr. Kirkland does not pass judgment on whether their actions measured up to their words. "Kirkland’s book demonstrates that history can be provocative and even colorful when written with urbanity rather than partisanship.…His book deserves widespread attention by historians and businessmen alike."—American Historical Review. "Brightly written and thoughtful…a stimulating integration of economic and social history."—Journal of American History.
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Brightly written and thoughtful.... A stimulating integration of economic and social history. (Journal Of American History )
Kirkland's book deserves widespread attention by historians and business men alike. (American Historical Review )
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Kirkland's book deserves widespread attention by historians and business men alike. (American Historical Review )
Interesting and well-written. (Christian Science Monitor )
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Edward Chase Kirkland (1894–1975), historian and economist, taught at Bowdin College for three decades. His other books include Business in the Gilded Age and A History of American Economic Life.
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EXCEPT in those instances when certain businessmen have sought publicly through the democratic channels of corporate organization to capture control of railroads and merchandising outlets, or have held cabinet positions in the Eisenhower administration, most Americans, it may safely be presumed, can hardly give the name of a single great contemporary business leader. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, The Business Community, Report of the Committee, Edward Atkinson, North American Review, Atkinson Papers, The Higher Learning, Sisyphus's Work, United States, Commissioner of Education, Don't Shoot the Millionaire, Charles Elliott Perkins, Andrew Carnegie, Coe Papers, Civil War, Triumphant Democracy, Harvard University Press, The Public School, University of Chicago Press, Peter Cooper, Allan Nevins, The Industrial Progress of the Nation, Joseph Wharton, Columbia University Press, Fifth Avenue Browse Sample Pages:
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EXCEPT in those instances when certain businessmen have sought publicly through the democratic channels of corporate organization to capture control of railroads and merchandising outlets, or have held cabinet positions in the Eisenhower administration, most Americans, it may safely be presumed, can hardly give the name of a single great contemporary business leader. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, The Business Community, Report of the Committee, Edward Atkinson, North American Review, Atkinson Papers, The Higher Learning, Sisyphus's Work, United States, Commissioner of Education, Don't Shoot the Millionaire, Charles Elliott Perkins, Andrew Carnegie, Coe Papers, Civil War, Triumphant Democracy, Harvard University Press, The Public School, University of Chicago Press, Peter Cooper, Allan Nevins, The Industrial Progress of the Nation, Joseph Wharton, Columbia University Press, Fifth Avenue Browse Sample Pages:
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