03209nam 2200673Ia 450 991082165980332120230725032417.01-283-33281-797866133328131-118-19248-61-118-19251-61-118-19249-4(CKB)2670000000133611(EBL)818530(OCoLC)768243511(SSID)ssj0000554657(PQKBManifestationID)11358081(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000554657(PQKBWorkID)10516955(PQKB)10865134(MiAaPQ)EBC818530(MiAaPQ)EBC4032723(Au-PeEL)EBL818530(CaPaEBR)ebr10570715(CaONFJC)MIL333281(EXLCZ)99267000000013361120110624d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEdison to Enron[electronic resource] energy markets and political strategies /Robert L. Bradley, JrSalem, Mass. Scrivener Pub. ;Hoboken, N.J. Wileyc20111 online resource (604 p.)[Political capitalism ;bk. 2]Series statement from dust jacket.0-470-91736-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The chief : Samuel Insull -- Building General Electric -- Dynamo at Chicago Edison: 1892-1907 -- Expanding horizons: 1907-1918 -- Peak and peril: 1919-1929 -- Plummet and ruin: 1930-38 -- The boss: Jack Bowen -- Meadows to Murchison -- A monumental mistake -- Florida Gas Company -- Transco Energy Company -- Houston Natural Gas Corporation -- The prince of bankruptcy : John Henry Kirby -- Robert Herring and Ray Fish -- Formation and maturation -- Robert Herring and after -- Epilogue market order, political challenges.The oil industry in the United States has been the subject of innumerable histories. But books on the development of the natural gas industry and the electricity industry in the U.S. are scarce. Edison to Enron is a readable flowing history of two of America's largest and most colorful industries. It begins with the story of Samuel Insull, a poor boy from England, who started his career as Thomas Edison's right-hand man, then went on his own and became one of America's top industrialists. But when Insull's General Electric's energy empire collapsed during the Great Depression, the hitGas industryUnited StatesHistoryPower resourcesUnited StatesHistoryCorporationsMoral and ethical aspectsCorporationsPolitical aspectsGas industryHistory.Power resourcesHistory.CorporationsMoral and ethical aspects.CorporationsPolitical aspects.338.2/72850973Bradley Robert L.1955-934604Wiley Online Library (Servicio en línea)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821659803321Edison to Enron3961156UNINA