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The Merchant of Power de John F. Wasik

The Merchant of Power

Autor John F. Wasik
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 apr 2006

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Society of Midland Authors Award (2007)

This timely rags-to-riches story recounts how Insull - right hand to Thomas Edison - went on to become one of the richest men in the world, co-founding General Electric and introducing the modern metropolis to his invention of the power grid. Includes exclusive access to private correspondence with Thomas Edison.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781403968845
ISBN-10: 1403968845
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 166 x 241 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: Palgrave USA
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface
Introduction
Tireless as the Tide
The Pearl in the Oyster
Crisis & Consolidation
The Wide-Open City
Love & War
A New Kind of Power
All that Jazz
Managing the Spectacle
Attack from All Sides
Abdication & Exile
Facing the Music
In the Fullness of Time

Recenzii

'Insull came to America from England in 1881 with $200 in his pocket to be Thomas Edison's private secretary and died in a Paris metro station in 1938 with 84 cents in his pocket. In between, he helped Edison light up New York and moved to Chicago, where he built a corporate empire that raised his personal worth to over $150 million ($1.7 billion in today's dollars); then he lost everything in the Great Depression..Wasik notes that Insull was instrumental in two fundamental shifts in American history: first, his innovations in the delivery of electric power made possible the consumer age; second, the failure of his financial empire became a basis for the New Deal laws that now govern much of corporate America. Wasik writes well, and Insull is a complex man whose life and times make worthwhile reading.' - Publisher's Weekly

'An illuminating look at pioneer power broker.' - Chicago Sun-Times

Notă biografică

JOHN F. WASIK is one of America's most prominent business and finance journalists and the author of nine books on investing. His column for Bloomberg News, the world's third largest news service, is read in more than 400 newspapers worldwide in five continents, including the New York Times. He has appeared on major media, such as MSNBC, and on other radio and television stations across the country.

Caracteristici

1 This is the story of one of the first big corporate scandals. Martha Stewart has become the face of corporate ethics under watch, as issues of corporate character and excess continue to make headlines
2 Author media platform - Wasik is extremely well connected and media-savvy. He has been an active promotor of all his investing books on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, PBS, NPR, NBC and other TV and radio stations. He writes a column for Bloomberg News, which is read in more than 400 newspapers worldwide, including The Financial Times, New York Newsday and The Washington Post
3 Exclusive access to Insull archives - this biography tells the complete story of Insull's rise to prosperity and dramatic fall from grace
4 A compelling rags-to-riches story of an extraordinary figure in American history. Insull is credited with creating the power grid, which forms the foundation of electrical power in cities everywhere

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This timely rags-to-riches story recounts how Insull - right hand to Thomas Edison - went on to become one of the richest men in the world, co-founding General Electric and introducing the modern metropolis to his invention of the power grid. Includes exclusive access to private correspondence with Thomas Edison.

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