An edition of Breaking Rockefeller (2016)

Breaking Rockefeller

the incredible story of the ambitious rivals who toppled an oil empire

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An edition of Breaking Rockefeller (2016)

Breaking Rockefeller

the incredible story of the ambitious rivals who toppled an oil empire

by

  • 2 Want to read

"The author of the popular History of Oil podcast traces the early-20th-century rivalry between John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell, describing the origins of partners Marcus Samuel, Jr. and Henri Deterding and how they used respective talents to break Rockefeller's daunting monopoly"--

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Viking
Language
English
Pages
337

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Subjects

Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij, Petroleum industry and trade, Standard Oil Company, History, Rockefeller, john d. (john davison), 1839-1937, Capitalists and financiers, Samuel, marcus, 1853-1927, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20160831 new list

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Henri Deterding (1866-1939), Marcus Samuel (1853-1927), John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937)

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Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire
May 23, 2017, Penguin Books
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Cover of: Breaking Rockefeller
Breaking Rockefeller: the incredible story of the ambitious rivals who toppled an oil empire
2016, Viking
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Table of Contents

The King of Broadway
The merchant of Houndsditch
The insider
Rascality of all descriptions
It can't be done
The carnivorous snail
The royal crown
The hidden map
The knight in the mote
The deal of the century
The rivals
The echo of applause
Reversals of fortune
The black city in red
The warhorse and the stallion
The "fateful plunge"
The Colossus falls
"We must take America"
Wealth beyond measure
Legacies
The enduring puzzle.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-322) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
338.7/665509
Library of Congress
HD9560.5 .D67 2016, HD9560.5

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
337

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OL27212412M
Internet Archive
breakingrockefel0000dora
ISBN 10
0525427392
ISBN 13
9780525427391
LCCN
2016429238
OCLC/WorldCat
949852930

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