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Robber Barons: The Great American Capitalists
Matthew Josephson

Amereon Ltd, 1940

Trusts not the result of competition
I disagree entirely with John G. Pitts' review. The great trusts of the turn of the twentieth century were not the result of successful competition. Indeed, as Gabriel Kolko demonstrated in The Triumph of Conservatism, the trusts were getting their butts kicked by ...
  
  











  



  
The Robber Barons
Matthew Josephson

Harcourt, 1962

This is the finest history of the Robber Barons
Judging by the attack "reviews" below there must be some right-wing campaign in progress to discredit Josephson. It's probably being organized by one of those propaganda machines they call "conservative think tanks". That nonsense aside, the book itself is a ...
  
  











  



  
The money lords;: The great finance capitalists, 1925-1950 (The Mentor executive library)
Matthew Josephson

New American Library, 1973

Excellent commentary
I would have to say that this book has excellent commentary about the financial situation in the 20's and 30's which I have not found anywhere else. There are also some short biographies of which the best was about Henry Kaiser. I enjoyed reading it and liken it to the ...
  
  











  



  
Edison: A Biography
Matthew Josephson

Wiley, 1992

Awesome!
This was an awesome book! Very well written and keeps you interested. I read it in a week and would recomend it to anyone. Matthew Josephson is an excellent writer who gives a wonderful account of Edison's life and his character. The life story of Edison is just ...
  
  











  



  
The Politicos, 1865-1896
Matthew Josephson

Commons, 2008

The Politicos
Matthew Josephson is one of the best kept secrets in America, a wonderful writer. Written as a companion piece to The Robber Barons, The Politicos completes his dissertation on what we think of as The Guilded Age. It's an impressive tour de force that illuminates the ...
  
  











  



  
Stendhal or the Pursuit of Happiness
Matthew Josephson

Jorge Pinto Books, 2005

?The study of human nature, ?the observation of the human heart and its passions,? was his constant preoccupation. But where could he study the passions better than in himself? Though he lived exuberantly, submitting himself to experience... he went on incessantly writing down everything that happened to him just as it happened? he even led to ...
  
  











  



  
Union House Union Bar: The History of the Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union, ...
Matthew Josephson

Random House, 1956
  
  











  



  
The Essential Rousseau (Essentials)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Plume, 1974

Excellent Classroom Edition
"The Essential Rousseau" is an edition of, as its name suggests, Rousseau's most essential works, including his "Discourse on the Arts and Letters" and "Discourse on the Origins of Inequality" in their entirity, as well as excerpts from other major works, including ...
  
  











  



  
Poet Assassinated, The
Guillaume Apollinaire

Exact Change, 2004

Los cuentos fantásticos de Apollinaire
Además de la novela corta que da título al libro, la edición se acompaña de un conjunto de relatos en los que el autor demuestra su capacidad imaginativa y su dominio del lenguaje. La prosa de Guillaume Apollinaire nunca ha sido tan reconocida como sus versos, pero ...
  
  











  



  
Victor Hugo: A Realistic Biography of the Great Romantic
Matthew Josephson

Jorge Pinto Books, 2006
  
  











  



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