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OverviewA detailed, carefully wrought business biography of Henry Clay Frick, one of the leading entrepreneurs in American heavy industry during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Kenneth Warren has provided not only insight into the life of Henry Clay Frick, but a major contribution to our understanding of the history of the basic industries, the shaping of society, locality, and region - and thereby of laying the foundations for the value systems and landscapes of present-day America. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kenneth WarrenPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.644kg ISBN: 9780822957447ISBN 10: 0822957442 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 24 June 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsWarren provides a detailed chronological account of the business career of Henry Clay Frick, one of the leading entrepreneurs in American heavy industry during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . . This is a useful and thorough study which will be a helpful source for business historians and there is much to be gleaned about the changing nature of the coal, iron and steel trades. <br> --Business History "A detailed, carefully wrought business biography of Henry Clay Frick . . . as much a history of the steel industry, in general, and the development of Carnegie Steel and the United States Steel Corporation, in particular, as it is a traditional 'life' of Frick.-- ""Van Beck Hall, University of Pittsburgh"" ""Warren provides a detailed chronological account of the business career of Henry Clay Frick, one of the leading entrepreneurs in American heavy industry during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . . This is a useful and thorough study which will be a helpful source for business historians and there is much to be gleaned about the changing nature of the coal, iron and steel trades."" --Business History Relying upon the recently opened Frick papers, Warren recounts Frick's career from the early days with H.C. Frick Coal and Coke Company, to Carnegie Brothers, and finally U.S. Steel. A widely recognized expert on the American steel industry, Warren offers a particularly lucid account of the economic, organizational, and locational challenges of steel making during its halcyon years. The human side of the process emerges as well. Using business correspondence, Warren provides insight into the business values of not only Henry Clay Frick but also Andrew Carnegie, Charles Schwab, and Elbert Gary. A model for business biographers, this fascinating study should be of interest to historians at all levels.-- ""Choice"" Warren provides a detailed chronological account of the business career of Henry Clay Frick, one of the leading entrepreneurs in American heavy industry during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . . This is a useful and thorough study which will be a helpful source for business historians and there is much to be gleaned about the changing nature of the coal, iron and steel trades.-- ""Business History""" Warren provides a detailed chronological account of the business career of Henry Clay Frick, one of the leading entrepreneurs in American heavy industry during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . . This is a useful and thorough study which will be a helpful source for business historians and there is much to be gleaned about the changing nature of the coal, iron and steel trades. <br> --Business History Author InformationKenneth Warren is Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, University of Oxford. He is the author of numerous books, including Big Steel: The First Century of the United States Steel Corporation 1901Ð2001; Wealth, Waste, and Alienation: Growth and Decline in the Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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