Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Doran, Peter B.

Verlag: Viking, New York, 2016

Beschreibung

As new condition white boards with a white spine and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by William C. Mellon; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "At the height of the great oil boom of the 1800s, John D. Rockefeller was seemingly unstoppable. Capitalizing on the newly emerging industry that was changing the lives of people worldwide, Rockefeller eliminated his rivals to achieve near-total domination of the market. By 1889, he was at the peak of his power, having created one of the largest monopolies in history, so powerful that even the U.S. government was wary of challenging the great "anaconda" of Standard Oil. The Standard never loses -- that is until the unlikely duo of Marcus Samuel and Henri Deterding teamed up to form Royal Dutch Shell, and set the stage for the toppling of Standard Oil. A riveting account of ambition, oil, and greed, Breaking Rockefeller traces Samuel's rise from canny outsider to the heights of the British aristocracy, Deterding's conquest of America, and the collapse of Rockefeller's oil empire. The turn of the twentieth century was a time when vast fortunes were made and lost. Taking readers through the rough and tumble of East London's streets and the twilight turmoil of tsarist Russia to the halls of the British Parliament and right down Broadway in New York City, Peter Doran offers a richly detailed fresh perspective on how Samuel and Deterding beat the world's richest man at his own game." - from the inner front jacket flap. "Peter Doran's Breaking Rockefeller is the best kind of history, telling great stories, providing fascinating detail, and reflecting real knowledge. In this story of the origins of the modern oil industry, there are plenty of lessons for the present, too." - Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. "Peter Doran's enthralling account of the early days of the oil industry - particularly the mano a mano battle between a Jewish merchant in England and the original industry titan John D. Rockefeller - reads like a thriller without sacrificing good, solid scholarship. With some relevant observations for our own time, this is a gem of a book." - Robert Kagan, New York Times bestselling author. "Peter Doran tells a riveting and exciting account of the formation of Royal Dutch Shell and how it managed to stand up to Standard Oil at the turn of the nineteenth century. With color and delight, he has captured the nature of the oil business at the time in this well-researched volume." - Anders Aslund, senior fellow, Atlantic Council. "Breaking Rockefeller is fast paced yet anchored by a treasure of fascinating detail. It is an insightful historical backgrounder for today's global energy politics." - Robert D. Kaplan, senior fellow, Center for a New American Security, and author.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Verlag: Viking, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Druck: 1st Printing
• Zustand: As New
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New