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Edison to Enron : energy markets and political strategies / Robert L. Bradley, Jr

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: [Political capitalism ; bk. 2]Publisher: Salem, Mass ; Hoboken, N.J : Scrivener Pub : Wiley, c2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xii, 587 p.)) : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9781283332811
  • 1283332817
  • 9781118192498
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 0470917369 | 9780470917367 | 1283332442 | Erscheint auch als: 9780470917367 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 338.2/72850973 23
  • 338.272850973
LOC classification:
  • HD9581.U52
Online resources: Summary: The oil industry in the United States has been the subject of innumerable histories. But books on the development of the natural gas industry and the electricity industry in the U.S. are scarce. Edison to Enron is a readable flowing history of two of America's largest and most colorful industries. It begins with the story of Samuel Insull, a poor boy from England, who started his career as Thomas Edison's right-hand man, then went on his own and became one of America's top industrialists. But when Insull's General Electric's energy empire collapsed during the Great Depression, the hitherto GrePPN: PPN: 809462397Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PBE | ZDB-30-PQE
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