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John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, E. H. Harriman, Jay Gould, Henry Clay Frick . . . their names carry a powerful historical ring, still echoing today in the countless institutions that are part of their legacy, from universities to museums to banks. But who were the people behind the legends, and how did they rise to their positions of vast wealth and influence in the latter half of the nineteenth century? The Robber Barons is a classic work on the financiers and industrialists of the Gilded Age, who shaped their own era as well as the future of the United Statesnot a mere series of biographies but a genuine history ( The New York Times Book Review ).

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Author

Matthew Josephson

Publisher

Harcourt, Brace & World

Published

1962

Language

EN

ISBN

9780156767903

Category

history

Subjects

Economics, Fiction, Finance

Rating

3.83 / 5 (171 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14