The Iron Barons: A Social Analysis of an American Urban Elite, 1874-1965
Tracing the rise of hundreds of men and families to positions of wealth and power in the rapidly expanding iron and steel industry of the late 19th century, Ingham examines the manner in which these families consolidated and improved their social positions during the 20th century, even though the original source of their wealth and power had slipped from their grasp.
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The Iron Barons: A Social Analysis of an American Urban Elite, 1874-1965
Tracing the rise of hundreds of men and families to positions of wealth and power in the rapidly expanding iron and steel industry of the late 19th century, Ingham examines the manner in which these families consolidated and improved their social positions during the 20th century, even though the original source of their wealth and power had slipped from their grasp.
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The Iron Barons: A Social Analysis of an American Urban Elite, 1874-1965

The Iron Barons: A Social Analysis of an American Urban Elite, 1874-1965

by John N. Ingham
The Iron Barons: A Social Analysis of an American Urban Elite, 1874-1965

The Iron Barons: A Social Analysis of an American Urban Elite, 1874-1965

by John N. Ingham

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Tracing the rise of hundreds of men and families to positions of wealth and power in the rapidly expanding iron and steel industry of the late 19th century, Ingham examines the manner in which these families consolidated and improved their social positions during the 20th century, even though the original source of their wealth and power had slipped from their grasp.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780837198910
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 03/29/1978
Series: Contributions in Economics and Economic History , #18
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)
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