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Lädt ... The Merchant of Power: Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, and the Creation of the Modern Metropolisvon John F. Wasik
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Samuel Insull is a Horatio Alger hero in John Wasik's sympathetic telling, except the story arc is rags to riches to rags. This keeps the Bloomberg News reporter from being too critical of Insull's frothy churn of the Jazz Age stock bubble. But it does energize his description of the transformative change carried by Insull's Midwest [b:power lines|491087|Power Lines (Petaybee 2)|Anne McCaffrey|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234839532s/491087.jpg|3440]. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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A timely rags-to-riches story,The Merchant of Power recounts how Sam Insull--right hand to Thomas Edison--went on to become one of the richest men in the world, pivotal in the birth of General Electric and instrumental in the creation of the modern metropolis with his invention of the power grid, which fuels major cities today. John Wasik, awarded the National Press Club Award for Consumer Journalism, had unprecedented access to Sam Insull's archives, which includes private correspondence with Thomas Edison. The extraordinary fall of a man extraordinary for his time is revealed in this cautionary tale about the excesses of corporate power. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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