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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-10073850355X
ISBN-139780738503554
eBay Product ID (ePID)27038784715
Product Key Features
Book TitleSteel : the Story of Pittsburgh's Iron and Steel Industry, 1852 1902
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Metallurgy, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Industries / Manufacturing
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
AuthorDale Richard Perelman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-948307
SynopsisSteel portrays the growth of the iron and steel industry in smoke-filled Pittsburgh during America's industrial age. It's the fast-paced saga of millionaire barons Andrew Carnegie, Ben Franklin Jones, Henry Clay Frick, Henry Phipps, and Charles Schwab. These strong-willed leaders often plotted and schemed against one another yet united against their underpaid and undervalued pro-union immigrant workforce. Author Dale Richard Perelman recounts this struggle of bloody battles throughout Western Pennsylvania's plants, mines, and railroad yards., Steel portrays the growth of the iron and steel industry in smoke-filled Pittsburgh during America's industrial age. Pittsburgh's story is the fast-paced saga of millionaire barons Andrew Carnegie, Ben Franklin Jones, Henry Clay Frick, Henry Phipps, and Charles Schwab. These strong-willed leaders of industry often plotted and schemed against one another yet united against their underpaid and undervalued pro-union immigrant workforce. Author Dale Richard Perelman recounts this struggle of bloody battles throughout Western Pennsylvania's plants, mines, and railroad yards. Pittsburgh's story is not just about the men whose names we remember, but the countless men who gave their blood and sweat to build the city we know today., Steel portrays the growth of the iron and steel industry in smoke-filled Pittsburgh during America's industrial age. Pittsburgh's story is the fast-paced saga of millionaire barons Andrew Carnegie, Ben Franklin Jones, Henry Clay