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-- Prince of steel.c2002., A & E Television Network : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF DVD Edition: Full screen. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Biography (A & E Home Video (Firm))Summary Note: Traces the life of Andrew Carnegie, who went from being a poor Scottish immigrant to a fabled man of wealth. Carnegie built a fortune by amassing stock in the growth industries of trains and steel, then started sharing it. Today libraries, concert halls, and universities across the United States have benefited from his philanthropy.
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1999., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: 921 CARNEGIE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Historical American biographiesSummary Note: A biography of the Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the steel industry and used much of it to establish libraries.
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2006., Morgan Reynolds Pub. Call No: 973.86 WHI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American workersSummary Note: Chronicles the events surrounding the 1892 Homestead Steel Strike, in which two of the nation's most powerful businessmen, Andrew Carnegie and Henry C. Frick, were pitted against the workers in their steel mill.
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-- Homestead steel strikec2006., Morgan Reynolds Pub. Call No: 331.89 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: American workersSummary Note: Discusses the conflict between owners and workers in the early years at Homestead steel mill in 1892 which became bloody and showed the labor unrest that existed during the period.
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2004., Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 338.6 Jar Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's industrial society in the 19th centurySummary Note: Chronicles the development of railroads, steel, and oil as moneymakers in nineteenth-century America, describing their impact on labor practices and everyday life in the U.S.