steel industry and trade

Presents a comprehensive history of Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, and describes their early partnership as heads of the largest steel mill in American and the 1892 steelworker's strike that transformed that relationship into a bitter feud that lasted over twenty years.

Story of the Taylor family and their lives in a housing project over a twenty year span.

Biography chronicles the life of industrialist Andrew Carnegie, who rose from Scottish immigrant roots to become one of America's wealthiest men, as well as one of the greatest philanthropists in U.S. history.

A brief biography of Andrew Carnegie that explores his life, his contributions to the steel industry, and his philanthropy.

"A Sports Illustrated senior writer presents a [story] of football in industrial America, tracing the story of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania's now-shuttered steel mill, and its... high school football team"--NoveList.

A biography of the Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the steel industry and used much of it for philanthropic causes.

The Salcido family, immigrants to the United States from Mexico, struggle to reconcile their need for jobs at the mighty Nazareth steel mill in Southern California with the low pay, back-breaking labor, and harsh treatment they receive--a situation that weighs most heavily on twenty-year-old Johnny, a second-generation mill worker.

A young girl growing up in a steel mill town in the 1950s describes her childhood and how it was affected by the local industry.

Shows how the invention of steel laid the groundwork for the Industrial Revolution in America-the new metal & new nation were a perfect fit.