How did Schwab progress from day laborer to titan of industry? Why did Andrew Carnegie and J.P. Morgan select him to manage their multmillion-dollar enterprises? And how did he forfeit their confidence and lose the preseidency of U.S. Steel? Drawing upon previously undiscovered sources, Robert Hessen answers these questions in the first biography of Schwab.
How did Schwab progress from day laborer to titan of industry? Why did Andrew Carnegie and J.P. Morgan select him to manage their multmillion-dollar enterprises? And how did he forfeit their confidence and lose the preseidency of U.S. Steel? Drawing upon previously undiscovered sources, Robert Hessen answers these questions in the first biography of Schwab.
Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780822959069 |
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Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Publication date: | 10/09/1990 |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 376 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d) |