[PDF.59ka] The Merchant of Power: Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, and the Creation of the Modern Metropolis

The Merchant of Power: Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, and the Creation of the Modern Metropolis

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 | #450860 in eBooks |  2015-06-30 |  2015-06-30 | File type: PDF

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| The one you have never heard of|By jay gearing|This book was great from start to finish. Being in cloud computing and all the talk with the comparison to being a commodity such as electricity, I found myself searching for more on the creation of the commodity we are all plugged into. This book gives a great description of Insull's life, achievements, and pitfalls. It was very i|From Publishers Weekly|Sam Insull is the forgotten energy tycoon of the early 20th century. As Wasik, a columnist for Bloomberg News, relates, Insull came to America from England in 1881 with $200 in his pocket to be Thomas Edison's private secretary and died in

A timely rags-to-riches story, The Merchant of Power recounts how Sam Insull--right hand to Thomas Edison--went on to become one of the richest men in the world, pivotal in the birth of General Electric and instrumental in the creation of the modern metropolis with his invention of the power grid, which still fuels major cities today. John Wasik, awarded the National Press Club Award for Consumer Journalism, had unprecedented access to Sam Insull's archives, which...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Merchant of Power: Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, and the Creation of the Modern Metropolis   |  John F. Wasik. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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