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Edison: A Biography
A great folk hero in American history, Edison is viewed by the public as a facile inventor, the electrical wizard and the perfect symbol of the self-made and practical creator. But he was also a paradoxical figure: deaf, impoverished and with no formal education as a youngster, Edison nevertheless became a fertile and versatile inventor, accumulated fortunes for himself and others but remained indifferent to wealth except as a means towards more inventions. Edison’s key contributions include the carbon microphone, the electric light bulb, electricity distribution systems, the phonograph and the motion-picture camera. Edison’s methods were also remarkable: halfway between the craftsman-ti...
The Robber Barons
At Home in the Netherlands uses a range of indicators to describe developments in the integration of non-Western migrants and their children in the Netherlands. Attention is focused on the situation of non-Western children in education, the position of non-Western migrants on the labour and housing markets, their representation in the crime figures and their degree of socio-cultural integration. The book also looks at civic integration, the mutual perceptions of the non-Western and indigenous populations, and the life situation of young people with a non-Western background.
The Money Lords
Includes material on Samuel Insull, the Van Sweringen brothers, A.P. Giannini, Robert R. Young, among others.
The Robber Barons
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Life Among the Surrealists
The author's memoir of the years immediately following World War I, when in Europe he was one of a group of avant garde in the arts and literature.
The Politicos, 1865-1896
Out of print for decades, this sequel to Josephsons classic, The Robber Barons, is even more resonantindeed, cautionarya historical account today than it was when first published seventy years ago. In his preface to this edition, Thomas Frank, author of Whats the Matter with Kansas, praises The Politicos as the volume of history that has the most to teach us about the present. Michael Kazin, author of A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan, has written the perceptive introductory essay to the new volume. He notes that Josephson was able to convince readers living through the worst of the Great Depression that the roots of their calamity could be traced to the power and greed so not...
Victor Hugo
With trenchant realism and profound understanding, Josephson presents a realistic biography of the great romantic who authored "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," among others.
The Myth of the Robber Barons
In his book The Myth of the Robber Barons, Folsom distinguishes between political entrepreneurs who ran inefficient businesses supported by government favors, and market entrepreneurs who succeeded by providing better and lower-cost products or services, usually while facing vigorous competition.
