Edison to Enron : energy markets and political strategies / / Robert L. Bradley, Jr

• Autore: Bradley Robert L. <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Salem, Mass., : Scrivener Pub.; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (604 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.2/72850973
• Soggetto topico: Gas industry - United States - History; Power resources - United States - History; Corporations - Moral and ethical aspects; Corporations - Political aspects
• Note generali: Series statement from dust jacket.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 hit
• Titolo autorizzato: Edison to Enron
• ISBN: 1-283-33281-7; 9786613332813; 1-118-19248-6; 1-118-19251-6; 1-118-19249-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821659803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II