industrialists

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industrialists

Andrew Carnegie and the steel industry

2017
A brief biography of Andrew Carnegie that explores his life, his contributions to the steel industry, and his philanthropy.

Who was Henry Ford?

Introduces the man responsible for mass producing the automobile in the early part of the twentieth century.

Henry Ford and the assembly line

Examines the life and accomplishments of Henry Ford who, among other things, is credited with inventing the assembly line, which changed not only the automotive industry but all industries.

Andrew Carnegie

prince of steel
1996
Examines the life and career of Andrew Carnegie, Scots immigrant who made very good as an industrialist, and who turned philanthropist.

Industrial Revolution

Biographies

Who was Henry Ford?

2014
A biography of industrialist Henry Ford, following the path of his life from mechanically-inclined youth to car designer and manufacturer.

Crayola creators

Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith
2016
A biography of Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith, the creators of Crayola crayons.

An education for our time

1998
John Adams, a war hero and high tech pioneer who is near death, attempts to use the fortune he has accumulated to set up a new kind of college to train virtuous and disinterested leaders.

What are producers and consumers?

2017
Discusses the economic concepts of producers and consumers, describing goods and services, buying and selling, spending, paying for goods and services, workers, and more.

Henry Ford

a photo-illustrated biography
2003
Introduces the man who changed the American way of life in the 1900s by inventing the Model T and founding the Ford Motor Company.

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