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Robber Baron Era
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Robber Baron Era
Historical & social background leading to late 19th Cent. capitalist innovation & exploitation by Andrew Carnegie, J.D. Rockefeller & J.P. Morgan.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages) |
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1993
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"The period in American history from 1865 to 1900 was marked by a great national expansion, both in physical and economic terms. From the nearly crippled state of a Civil War-racked society, the United States rose to the brink of becoming a world power. Within such a context, contradictions were inevitable: it was the age of Horatio Algerian opportunity for the individual entrepreneur; it was the era of monopolistic repression of the individual laborer and businessman. This paper will examine some of those contradictions found in the lives of three "robber barons" of the era - Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J. Pierpont Morgan - men whose parallel careers exemplified both the wide-eyed hopes, and close-fisted realities, of that period.Before discussing the individuals, however, examination of the context in which they flourished is necessary. Like all.."
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