LEADER 03209nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910821659803321 005 20230725032417.0 010 $a1-283-33281-7 010 $a9786613332813 010 $a1-118-19248-6 010 $a1-118-19251-6 010 $a1-118-19249-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000133611 035 $a(EBL)818530 035 $a(OCoLC)768243511 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000554657 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11358081 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000554657 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10516955 035 $a(PQKB)10865134 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC818530 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4032723 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL818530 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10570715 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL333281 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000133611 100 $a20110624d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEdison to Enron$b[electronic resource] $eenergy markets and political strategies /$fRobert L. Bradley, Jr 210 $aSalem, Mass. $cScrivener Pub. ;$aHoboken, N.J. $cWiley$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (604 p.) 225 1 $a[Political capitalism ;$vbk. 2] 300 $aSeries statement from dust jacket. 311 $a0-470-91736-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThe 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 hit 606 $aGas industry$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPower resources$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aCorporations$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aCorporations$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aGas industry$xHistory. 615 0$aPower resources$xHistory. 615 0$aCorporations$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aCorporations$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a338.2/72850973 700 $aBradley$b Robert L.$f1955-$0934604 712 02$aWiley Online Library (Servicio en línea) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821659803321 996 $aEdison to Enron$93961156 997 $aUNINA