Download or read book The Iron and Steel Industry in the 20th Century written by Bruce E. Seely and published by Facts on File. This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, part of an encyclopaedic series covering the history of American business, is specifically concerned with the development of iron and steel in the 20th century, starting from World War I and going on to the modern uses of alloys and stainless steels.
Download or read book The Story of Iron and Steel written by Joseph Russell Smith and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX THE CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY An account of the story of steel, either in the United States or in the world, would be incomplete without reference to the Carnegie Steel Company, of Pittsburg, which has occupied so strategic and dominating a position in the steel industry, and which has been such a maker of steel and of history of steel. Without a clear knowledge of the part that this company has taken in steel and steel strategy, the mainsprings of twentieth-century history remain invisible and mysterious. This company has been foremost in the developments which have been described in a previous chapter as the characteristic factors which have made America a predominant factor in twentieth-century steel manufacturing. During the period when England led the world, the unit of steel making was the individual mill or individual furnace situated in some district with many more like it and equally independent of it. The enterprise was individualistic, and with such conditions the superior natural conditions of England counted, for it was easy for the individual or single smallcompany plant to achieve results. America has forged ahead under the mighty constructions and operations that have been brought about by great companies. In this movement the Carnegie Steel Company has always been a leader. No industry is naturally so uncertain and consequently so competitive as the steel industry. The demand for the product is fitful and uncertain in the extreme because most of it goes into new constructions and new enterprises, and these are notorious for the spurts and depressions of demand which affect them. While the consumption demand for iron and steel rises and falls, the purchasing demand is often more uncertain, because the users wish...
Download or read book Steel to Rust written by Dale Perelman and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steel to Rust portrays labor's struggle for unionism during the first four decades of the 20th century. Management stalwarts such as Judge Elbert Gary and Tom Girdler faced off against union leaders Samuel Gompers, John L. Lewis, and Philip Murray in violent strikes. The juxtaposition of immigrant against American-born, black versus white, and rich versus poor erupted into a volcano of death and destruction claiming scores of victims in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. Sadly, once the workers gained their collective bargaining rights, the once vibrant United States steel industry withered and rusted.
Download or read book The Steel Workers written by John Andrews Fitch and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Some Modern Conditions and Recent Developments in Iron and Steel Production in America 1906 written by Frank Popplewell and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Directory of Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada Volume 12 written by American Iron and Steel Institute and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1918, this comprehensive guidebook provides detailed information on the iron and steel industry in North America, including listings of all major companies, plants, and products. Richly illustrated and filled with technical data and historical context, the book offers a fascinating glimpse into the rapid growth and development of this vital industry during the early decades of the 20th century. A valuable resource for industrial historians, economists, and business researchers. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Next Shift written by Gabriel Winant and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men in hardhats were once the heart of America’s working class; now it is women in scrubs. What does this shift portend for our future? Pittsburgh was once synonymous with steel. But today most of its mills are gone. Like so many places across the United States, a city that was a center of blue-collar manufacturing is now dominated by the service economy—particularly health care, which employs more Americans than any other industry. Gabriel Winant takes us inside the Rust Belt to show how America’s cities have weathered new economic realities. In Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods, he finds that a new working class has emerged in the wake of deindustrialization. As steelworkers and their families grew older, they required more health care. Even as the industrial economy contracted sharply, the care economy thrived. Hospitals and nursing homes went on hiring sprees. But many care jobs bear little resemblance to the manufacturing work the city lost. Unlike their blue-collar predecessors, home health aides and hospital staff work unpredictable hours for low pay. And the new working class disproportionately comprises women and people of color. Today health care workers are on the front lines of our most pressing crises, yet we have been slow to appreciate that they are the face of our twenty-first-century workforce. The Next Shift offers unique insights into how we got here and what could happen next. If health care employees, along with other essential workers, can translate the increasing recognition of their economic value into political power, they may become a major force in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book The United States Steel Corporation written by Abraham Berglund and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a classic work of business history, focusing on the rise and growth of the United States Steel Corporation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book provides a detailed analysis of the economic, technological, and political factors that enabled the corporation to become one of the largest and most powerful in the world. The author also discusses the social and cultural implications of the corporation's growth, and its impact on workers, consumers, and the environment. The book is of interest to business historians, economists, and anyone interested in the history of American industry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Iron and Steel Industry in the Far West written by Diane F. Britton and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Irondale, a quiet residential community ten miles south of Port Townsend on the northeast corner of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, was once home to a major West Coast iron and steel industry that lasted from 1881 to 1919. In its heyday, especially 1909-1911, the town was a bustling commercial hub with daily ocean steamer traffic arriving and departing, carrying hundreds of passengers and tons of cargo, raw materials, and finished products. Though Irondale's future seemed promising, in true boomtown fashion the town and its industry prospered and declined together." "Irondale's turbulent history reflects conditions faced by western entrepreneurs, including stiff competition from established eastern cities. The striving for financial profit and for a self-sufficient economy free from eastern domination encouraged speculation and boosterism, a theme found commonly throughout U.S. history. Western growth during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century spurred a greater demand for iron and steel, materials used not only in household farming implements but also necessary for all types of structures and transportation facilities, particularly railroads." "Diane Britton's impressively researched work greatly advances an understanding of community- and industry-building in the West. It provides the first narrative account of the rise and eventual demise of an integrated steelworks at Irondale, examines the intimate relationship between the town and plant, and places that local history into a larger regional and national context."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Steel written by Brooke C. Stoddard and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steel provides the backbone for modern civilization - read all about its history, journey, and place in the world. What is steel? How does it work? Why has it been so important? Who are the people who make it? How do they make it? Steel: From Mine to Mill, the Metal that Made America answers these questions. Improperly understood until about 150 years ago and available until then only in small quantities, the metal itself is a delicate dance of iron crystals interspersed with carbon and - depending on intended service - other elements such as nickel, chromium, and molybdenum. Once deciphered, steel began to flow from hearths in increasing amounts for the building of railroads, steel ships, skyscrapers, and bridges, in the process raising to world economic dominance Great Britain, Germany, the United States, Japan, and the Soviet Union. The world's current largest producer is China. While researching this book, author Brooke C. Stoddard descended into Mesabi Iron Range open-pit iron mines, rode with 58,000 tons of iron ore on a 1,000-foot ore boat from Duluth to Cleveland, climbed to the top of the hemisphere's largest blast furnace, interviewed men as they toiled next to their furnaces of liquid steel, and walked the immense rolling mills where steel is pressed into finished products. Along the way, he wrote a narrative of iron and steel from pre-history through the Industrial Revolution and into the present age. Steel is the sinew of modern civilization.
Download or read book British Iron And Steel Industry And Luxemburg Iron And Steel Wages written by United States Dept of Commerce and and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1911, this report by the United States Bureau of Manufactures provides a detailed analysis of the iron and steel industries in Britain and Luxemburg, with a particular focus on wages and labor conditions. It includes statistical data, maps, and illustrations, and is an important historical document of the global economy in the early 20th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Economic History of the Iron and Steel Industry in the United States written by William T. Hogan and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic History of the Iron and Steel Industry in the United States written by William T. Hogan and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bethlehem Steel written by Kenneth Warren and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2008-01-17 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 19th century, rails from Bethlehem Steel helped build the United States into the world's foremost economy. During the 1890s, Bethlehem became America's leading supplier of heavy armaments, and by 1914, it had pioneered new methods of structural steel manufacture that transformed urban skylines. Demand for its war materials during World War I provided the finance for Bethlehem to become the world's second-largest steel maker. As late as 1974, the company achieved record earnings of $342 million. But in the 1980s and 1990s, through wildly fluctuating times, losses outweighed gains, and Bethlehem struggled to downsize and reinvest in newer technologies. By 2001, in financial collapse, it reluctantly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Two years later, International Steel Group acquired the company for $1.5 billion.In Bethlehem Steel, Kenneth Warren presents an original and compelling history of a leading American company, examining the numerous factors contributing to the growth of this titan and those that eventually felled it—along with many of its competitors in the U.S. steel industry.Warren considers the investment failures, indecision and slowness to abandon or restructure outdated "integrated" plants plaguing what had become an insular, inward-looking management group. Meanwhile competition increased from more economical "mini mills" at home and from new, technologically superior plants overseas, which drove world prices down, causing huge flows of imported steel into the United States.Bethlehem Steel provides a fascinating case study in the transformation of a major industry from one of American dominance to one where America struggled to survive.
Download or read book Big Steel written by Kenneth Warren and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2001-07-15 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At its formation in 1901, the United States Steel Corporation was the earth's biggest industrial corporation, a wonder of the manufacturing world. Immediately it produced two thirds of America's raw steel and thirty percent of the steel made worldwide. The behemoth company would go on to support the manufacturing superstructure of practically every other industry in America. It would create and sustain the economies of many industrial communities, especially Pittsburgh, employing more than a million people over the course of the century. A hundred years later, the U.S. Steel Group of USX makes scarcely ten percent of the steel in the United States and just over one and a half percent of global output. Far from the biggest, the company is now considered the most efficient steel producer in the world. What happened between then and now, and why, is the subject of Big Steel, the first comprehensive history of the company at the center of America's twentieth-century industrial life.Granted privileged and unprecedented access to the U.S. Steel archives, Kenneth Warren has sifted through a long, complex business history to tell a compelling story. Its preeminent size was supposed to confer many advantages to U.S. Steel—economies of scale, monopolies of talent, etc. Yet in practice, many of those advantages proved illusory. Warren shows how, even in its early years, the company was out-maneuvered by smaller competitors and how, over the century, U.S. Steel's share of the industry, by every measure, steadily declined. Warren's subtle analysis of years of internal decision making reveals that the company's size and clumsy hierarchical structure made it uniquely difficult to direct and manage. He profiles the chairmen who grappled with this "lumbering giant," paying particular attention to those who long ago created its enduring corporate culture—Charles M. Schwab, Elbert H. Gary, and Myron C. Taylor.Warren points to the way U.S. Steel's dominating size exposed it to public scrutiny and government oversight—a cautionary force. He analyzes the ways that labor relations affected company management and strategy. And he demonstrates how U.S. Steel suffered gradually, steadily, from its paradoxical ability to make high profits while failing to keep pace with the best practices. Only after the drastic pruning late in the century—when U.S. Steel reduced its capacity by two-thirds—did the company become a world leader in steel-making efficiency, rather than merely in size. These lessons, drawn from the history of an extraordinary company, will enrich the scholarship of industry and inform the practice of business in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Economic History of the Iron and Steel Industry in the United States written by William T. Hogan and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Nation of Steel written by Thomas J. Misa and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1998-09-04 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the age of railroads through the building of the first battleships, from the first skyscrapers to the dawning of the age of the automobile, steelmakers proved central to American industry, building, and transportation. In A Nation of Steel Thomas Misa explores the complex interactions between steelmaking and the rise of the industries that have characterized modern America. A Nation of Steel offers a detailed and fascinating look at an industry that has had a profound impact on American life.
