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The History of the Standard Oil Company — Ida M. Tarbell

The History of the Standard Oil Company

Ida M. Tarbell

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 776 pages

A historical study of the Standard Oil Company and the rise of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire. Ida M. Tarbell examines business practices, competition, and corporate power in the American petroleum industry. It is worth listening to as an early work of investigative journalism and a portrait of industrial America.

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THE HISTORY OF
THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
Copyright,
1904, by
Ames
JOHN DAVISON
ROCKEFELLER IN
1904
Born July 8, 1839
THE HISTORY OF
THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
BY
IDA M. TARBELL
AUTHOR OF THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE, AND MADAME ROLAND: A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY
ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS, PICTURES AND DIAGRAMS

VOLUME ONE
NEW YORK
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
MCMV

Copyright, 1904, by

McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.

Published, November, 1904

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Copyright, 1902, 1903, 1904, by The S. S. McClure Co.

“An Institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.”

EMERSON, IN ESSAY ON “SELF-RELIANCE.”

“The American Beauty Rose can be produced in its splendor and fragrance only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it.”

J. D. ROCKEFELLER, JR., IN AN ADDRESS ON TRUSTS,

TO THE STUDENTS OF BROWN UNIVERSITY.

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Contents

  1. THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
  2. PREFACE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. CHAPTER ONE THE BIRTH OF AN INDUSTRY
  6. CHAPTER TWO THE RISE OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
  7. CHAPTER THREE THE OIL WAR OF 1872
  8. CHAPTER FOUR “AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE”
  9. CHAPTER FIVE LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF A TRUST
  10. CHAPTER SIX STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATIONS
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN THE CRISIS OF 1878
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT THE COMPROMISE OF 1880
  13. APPENDIX
  14. CONTENTS
  15. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  16. CHAPTER NINE THE FIGHT FOR THE SEABOARD PIPE-LINE
  17. CHAPTER TEN CUTTING TO KILL
  18. CHAPTER ELEVEN THE WAR ON THE REBATE
  19. CHAPTER TWELVE THE BUFFALO CASE
  20. CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY AND POLITICS
  21. CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE BREAKING UP OF THE TRUST
  22. CHAPTER FIFTEEN A MODERN WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
  23. CHAPTER SIXTEEN THE PRICE OF OIL
  24. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE LEGITIMATE GREATNESS OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
  25. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN CONCLUSION
  26. APPENDIX
  27. INDEX
  28. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
  29. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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