CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
AUTHOR'S NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION
CHAPTER I THE HUMBLE BEGINNING: 1853-1863
CHAPTER II "A MOST HAZARDOUS ENTERPRISE": 1863-1865
CHAPTER III EARLY STRUGGLES AND SUCCESSES: 1865
CHAPTER IV IRON RAILWAY BRIDGES: 1865
CHAPTER V A RIVALRY OF GREAT FURNACES: 1872
CHAPTER VI BEGINNINGS AND GROWTH OF THE STEEL BUSINESS: 1875
CHAPTER VII SOME INSIDE FINANCIAL HISTORY: 1875-1888
CHAPTER VIII QUARRELS AND "EJECTURES"
CHAPTER IX A GLANCE AT PROCESSES
CHAPTER X THE RISE AND GROWTH OF HOMESTEAD: 1879
CHAPTER XI THE INCOMING OF HENRY CLAY FRICK: 1882
CHAPTER XII THE CAPTURE OF THE DUQUESNE STEEL WORKS: 1889
CHAPTER XIII LABOR CONTESTS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
CHAPTER XIV THE HOMESTEAD BATTLE: 1892
CHAPTER XV ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR. FRICK
CHAPTER XVI THE AFTERMATH OF WAR
CHAPTER XVII A RELUCTANT SUPREMACY: 1892-1899
CHAPTER XVIII THE WORKINGS OF THE CORPORATE MIND: 1899
CHAPTER XIX THE ZENITH OF PROSPERITY
CHAPTER XX CARNEGIE'S ATTEMPT TO DEPOSE FRICK
CHAPTER XXI THE FAILURE OF THE IRON-CLAD
CHAPTER XXII THE ATLANTIC CITY COMPROMISE
CHAPTER XXIII THE BILLION-DoLLAR FINALE
APPENDIX
INDEX