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PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-100822943263
ISBN-139780822943266
eBay Product ID (ePID)57163434
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NameIndustrial Genius : the Working Life of Charles Michael Schwab
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeneral, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Business
Publication Year2007
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorKenneth Warren
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2006-036183
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"A fascinating portrait . . . Warren effectively cuts through the historical mythology surrounding Schwab's larger-than-life persona to reveal a man ruthlessly devoted to efficiency and technological innovation." --Technology and Culture, " Homestead 1892, Carnegie Steel 1897, U.S. Steel 1901, the Emergency Fleet Corporation 1918, the American Iron and Steel Institute 1927-in "Industrial Genius," Kenneth Warren does justice to Charles Schwab, the ultimate inside man." --Thomas J. Misa, author of "A Nation of Steel: The Making of Modern America, 1865-1925", "Warren, one of the best historians of the American steel industry, has used newly available papers to craft the fullest, most balanced account of Schwab's professional life to date, while offering new details of how Bethlehem Steel became the great business enterprise it was for the first seventy-five years of the twentieth century." -- PA Magazine of History and Biography, "In his marvelous business biography of Charles Schwab, Kenneth Warren demonstrates yet again his talents as a historian of industrial America. Warren's portrait of Schwab is beautifully written, superbly documented, and filled with insights. It is the perfect complement to his earlier and equally superb biography of Henry Frick." --David Nasaw, author of "Andrew Carnegie", "Homestead 1892, Carnegie Steel 1897, U.S. Steel 1901, the Emergency Fleet Corporation 1918, the American Iron and Steel Institute 1927-inIndustrial Genius, Kenneth Warren does justice to Charles Schwab, the ultimate inside man." --Thomas J. Misa, author ofA Nation of Steel: The Making of Modern America, 1865-1925, "In his marvelous business biography of Charles Schwab, Kenneth Warren demonstrates yet again his talents as a historian of industrial America. Warren's portrait of Schwab is beautifully written, superbly documented, and filled with insights. It is the perfect complement to his earlier and equally superb biography of Henry Frick." --David Nasaw, author ofAndrew Carnegie, "In his marvelous business biography of Charles Schwab, Kenneth Warren demonstrates yet again his talents as a historian of industrial America. Warren's portrait of Schwab is beautifully written, superbly documented, and filled with insights. It is the perfect complement to his earlier and equally superb biography of Henry Frick." --David Nasaw, author of Andrew Carnegie, "Homestead 1892, Carnegie Steel 1897, U.S. Steel 1901, the Emergency Fleet Corporation 1918, the American Iron and Steel Institute 1927-in "Industrial Genius," Kenneth Warren does justice to Charles Schwab, the ultimate inside man." --Thomas J. Misa, author of "A Nation of Steel: The Making of Modern America, 1865-1925", " In his marvelous business biography of Charles Schwab, Kenneth Warren demonstrates yet again his talents as a historian of industrial America. Warren's portrait of Schwab is beautifully written, superbly documented, and filled with insights. It is the perfect complement to his earlier and equally superb biography of Henry Frick." --David Nasaw, author of "Andrew Carnegie"
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal338.7/6691092 B
SynopsisKenneth Warren presents a compelling biography that chronicles the startling success of Charles Schwab's business career, his leadership abilities, and his drive to advance steel-making technology and operations. Through extensive research and use of previously unpublished archival documentation, Warren offers a new perspective on the life of a monumental figure--a true visionary--in the industrial history of America., Charles Schwab was known to his employees, business associates, and competitors as a congenial and charismatic person-a 'born salesman.' Yet Schwab was much more than a salesman-he was a captain of industry, a man who streamlined and economized the production of steel and ran the largest steelmaking conglomerate in the world. A self-made man, he became one of the wealthiest Americans during the Gilded Age, only to die penniless in 1939. Schwab began his career as a stake driver at Andrew Carnegie's Edgar Thomson steel works in Pittsburgh at the age of seventeen. By thirty-five, he was president of Carnegie Steel. In 1901, he helped form the U.S. Steel Corporation, a company that produced well over half the nation's iron and steel. In 1904, Schwab left U.S. Steel to head Bethlehem Steel, which after twelve years under his leadership, became the second-largest steel producer in America. President Woodrow Wilson called on Schwab to head the Emergency Fleet Corporation to produce merchant ships for the transport of troops and materials abroad during World War I. Kenneth Warren presents a compelling biography that chronicles the startling success of Schwab's business career, his leadership abilities, and his drive to advance steel-making technology and operations. Through extensive research and use of previously unpublished archival documentation, Warren offers a new perspective on the life of a monumental figure--a true visionary--in the industrial history of America.
LC Classification NumberHD9520.S3W37 2007
