The Money Manias: The Eras of Great Speculation in America, 1770-1970Weybright and Talley, 1974 - 397 pages |
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... field to concentrate upon . Carnegie came to steel slowly , almost reluctantly , and might just as easily have made a career in railroading . Under other circumstances Rockefeller might have become the merchant prince of the Midwest ...
... field to concentrate upon . Carnegie came to steel slowly , almost reluctantly , and might just as easily have made a career in railroading . Under other circumstances Rockefeller might have become the merchant prince of the Midwest ...
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... field , when the field yielded 17.5 million barrels , a quarter of the total United States production . In that year the field had 4,689 wells , producing crude at a daily average of 10.1 barrels a day . Standard expanded its operations ...
... field , when the field yielded 17.5 million barrels , a quarter of the total United States production . In that year the field had 4,689 wells , producing crude at a daily average of 10.1 barrels a day . Standard expanded its operations ...
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... fields in the Beaumont area , reinvigorated the region , expanded rapidly ( and soon outdistanced even Gulf ) , and in time , under the name Texaco , fulfilled Gates's dream of challenging Standard of Jersey . Other companies would ...
... fields in the Beaumont area , reinvigorated the region , expanded rapidly ( and soon outdistanced even Gulf ) , and in time , under the name Texaco , fulfilled Gates's dream of challenging Standard of Jersey . Other companies would ...
Contents
A Great National Project | 33 |
Speculation in Slaves | 69 |
The Comstock Lode | 99 |
Copyright | |
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