Steel: The Story of Pittsburgh's Iron and Steel Industry, 1852 1902

Steel portrays the growth of the iron and steel industry in smoke-filled Pittsburgh during the nineteenth century. This fast-paced saga tells the story of millionaire steel titans Andrew Carnegie, Ben Franklin Jones, Henry Clay Frick, Henry Phipps and Charles Schwab strong-willed men who often plotted and schemed against each other, yet united against their underpaid and undervalued pro-union immigrant workforce. The juxtaposition of the haves and the have-nots produced bloody battles that exploded throughout Western Pennsylvania s plants, mines and railroad yards."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 12/05/2016
ISBN: 9781540202017
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d