Andrew Carnegie
Graffiti of the Philanthropic Class
Benches. Theater houses. Galleries. Toilet seats. It seems like the arts world has been tagged with the name of Mr. and Mrs. Rich Person from top to bottom. Charles Isherwood of The New York Times wonders: Where are the anonymous donors? "Attending a performance can be like leafing through somebody else’s high school yearbook," her wrote in Sunday's Times. "Who are all these people? Should I know? Should I care? read more »
Contrasting Capitalists, Balanced Biographies
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Pittsburgh powerhouses: Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) and Andrew Mellon (1855-1937).
Mellon: An American Life, by David Cannadine. Alfred A. Knopf, 779 pages, $35.
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Contrasting Capitalists, Balanced Biographies
Mellon: An American Life, by David Cannadine. Alfred A. Knopf, 779 pages, $35.
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Butler’s Mammoth Ambition Buys Transient Immortality
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Of note was what he most wanted to be: Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) in his academic regalia.
Nicholas Miraculous: The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. read more »
A Novelist Does History; Gilds a Gilded Age Tale
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed Ame read more »
Mixing It Up Underground: Carnegie Hall Digs Deeper
"Location, location, location"-the iron rule of the real-estate racket-has become the mantra of the read more »
The Man of E-steel: Dot-Com Carnegie Forges a Virtual Empire
Goldman Sachs could be wrong about Michael S. Levin and E-steel. read more »
'Bound to Be Rich!' Rockefeller's Pious Greed
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr. , by Ron Chernow. read more »
