Significance of the history of the standard oil company. This excerpt is taken from pages 168178 of the original work, which was originally published in mcclures magazine. How did ida tarbell help end the standard oil monopoly. Written by journalist ida tarbell in 1904, the history of the standard oil company was. Nov 22, 2015 online shopping from a great selection at books store. Nov 15, 2019 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The history of the standard oil company belt revivals by tarbell, ida and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available. The history of the standard oil company was credited with hastening the breakup of standard oil.
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Leading muckraker ida tarbell focused much attention on john d. How ida tarbell, upton sinclair, and lincoln steffens helped expose scandal. Rockefeller was able to transform standard oil into the behemoth monopoly it became just because he had the sharpest elbows in the room or because he truly committed illegal activities. Ida tarbell was a muckraking journalist whose book on the standard oil company helped bring about its breakup. The book was a seminal example of muckraking, and inspired many other journalists to write about trusts, large businesses that in the absence of strong antitrust law in the 19th century attempted to gain monopolies in various. On the standard oil company national humanities center. As ida tarbell wrote in her history of the standard oil company 1904, you could argue its existence from its effects, but you could not prove it. Rockefeller, random reminiscences of men and events, 1909 pub.
Rockefellers standard oil company and the monopoly he practiced. Rockerfeller, steinbergs book is an immensely greater literary treat. The book was a seminal example of muckraking, and inspired many other journalists to write about trusts, large businesses that in the absence of strong antitrust law in the 19th century attempted to gain monopolies in various industries. Ostensibly a dual biography of dogged journalist ida tarbell and stealthy monopolist john d. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the progressive era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism. Tarbell was the only woman doing investigative reporting, mccully writes in her biography. Your way of doing business gave people no choice but to buy from standard. What she discovered changed the economy of the united states. New york university placed her book, the history of the standard oil company, at no. Born in pennsylvania, tarbell grew up with the oil industry, and became acquainted with the unfair tactics often employed by rockefellers standard oil. Ida minerva tarbells most popular book is history of standard oil company.
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Standard oil at the turn of the 20th century, ida tarbell investigated john d. The articles also helped to define a growing trend to investigation, read more. Your way of doing business gave people no choice but to buy from standard oil, and im glad that your monopoly was broken off. Book by ida tarbell originally serialized in nineteen parts in mcclures magazine, 1904. Macmillan, 1939 page images at hathitrust tarbell, ida m. This work has been selected by scholars as being cul. Ida tarbell and the magazine that helped break up standard oil.
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Tarbell meticulously documented the aggressive techniques standard oil employed to outmaneuver and, where necessary, roll over whoever got in its way. Born in pennsylvania at the onset of the oil boom, tarbell is best known for her 1904 book, the history of the standard oil company. History of the standard oil company, a 19part series and book that, as one. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
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First of all, i dont like how rockefeller does business, i think you are a liar and you deserve to lose standard oil for exploiting the people with your high prices with petroleum prices. Rockerfeller and standard oil will be forever grateful that he is. Quotes by ida tarbell, muckraking journalist whose writing helped break up the standard oil company. Ida minerva tarbell november 5, 1857 january 6, 1944 was an american teacher, author and journalist. How ida tarbell, upton sinclair, and lincoln steffens helped expose scandal, inspire reform, and invent investigative journalism. Ida tarbell, investigative journalist, lecturer, and chronicler of american industry, best known for her classic the history of the standard oil company 1904, which helped define the trend to investigation, expose, and crusading in liberal journals of the day that came to be known as muckraking. The tactics tarbell later detailed in her muckraking expose had put her fathers small oil company out of business. Ida minerva tarbell has 72 books on goodreads with 1712 ratings. Buy the history of the standard oil company by ida minerva tarbell isbn. The history of the standard oil company hardpress classics 9781290714983.
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