Bibliography
BRODY, DAVID. Steelworkers in America: The Nonunion Era (1998). New edition of a classic work on steelworkers with seven essays on the significance of the book in labor history.
CARNEGIE, ANDREW. Triumphant Democracy (1886) and The Gospel of Wealth (1890). Carnegie’s thoughts about industry and the stewardship of wealth. Full View on Google Books
———. Autobiography (1920). Carnegie’s interesting and somewhat romanticized history of his life. Full View on Google Books
GUTMAN, HERBERT. Work, Culture, and Society in Industrializing America (1976). Focuses on the traditional values and work ethic laborers brought to the factory.
KILMER, PAULETTE D. The Fear of Sinking: The American Success Formula in the Gilded Age (1996). Argues that popular culture reveals an emphasis on public service during the time of Andrew Carnegie.
KRAUSE, PAUL. The Battle for Homestead, 1880–1892 (1992). Explores the origins, course, and results of the Homestead strike.
LIVESAY, HAROLD C. Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business (2006). Fine brief biography of Carnegie.
NASAW, DAVID. Andrew Carnegie (2006). Insightful biography based on new-found documents and focusing on Carnegie’s personal life.
STANDIFORD, LES. Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America (2005). A well-written account of the hard-driving entrepreneurial temperament that enriched Carnegie and Frick, sometimes at the expense of their workers.
VAN SLYCK, ABIGAIL A. Free to All: Carnegie Libraries and American Culture, 1890–1920 (1995). A social and cultural history of the Carnegie libraries.
BRODY, DAVID. Steelworkers in America: The Nonunion Era (1998). New edition of a classic work on steelworkers with seven essays on the significance of the book in labor history.
CARNEGIE, ANDREW. Triumphant Democracy (1886) and The Gospel of Wealth (1890). Carnegie’s thoughts about industry and the stewardship of wealth. Full View on Google Books
———. Autobiography (1920). Carnegie’s interesting and somewhat romanticized history of his life. Full View on Google Books
GUTMAN, HERBERT. Work, Culture, and Society in Industrializing America (1976). Focuses on the traditional values and work ethic laborers brought to the factory.
KILMER, PAULETTE D. The Fear of Sinking: The American Success Formula in the Gilded Age (1996). Argues that popular culture reveals an emphasis on public service during the time of Andrew Carnegie.
KRAUSE, PAUL. The Battle for Homestead, 1880–1892 (1992). Explores the origins, course, and results of the Homestead strike.
LIVESAY, HAROLD C. Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business (2006). Fine brief biography of Carnegie.
NASAW, DAVID. Andrew Carnegie (2006). Insightful biography based on new-found documents and focusing on Carnegie’s personal life.
STANDIFORD, LES. Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America (2005). A well-written account of the hard-driving entrepreneurial temperament that enriched Carnegie and Frick, sometimes at the expense of their workers.
VAN SLYCK, ABIGAIL A. Free to All: Carnegie Libraries and American Culture, 1890–1920 (1995). A social and cultural history of the Carnegie libraries.