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Rockefeller joined forces with some partners, bringing standard oil together with other businesses to form a trust called the south improvement company. Originally serialized in 19 parts in mcclures magazine, the book was a seminal example of muckraking, and inspired many other journalists to write about trusts. Rockefeller the richest figure in americas history. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. Excerpt from the history of the standard oil company. On the standard oil company national humanities center. Standard oil company and millions of other books are available for instant.
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Sep 29, 2018 the history of the standard oil company vol 2 classic. Rockefellers ruthless building of standard oil company, the. This excerpt is taken from pages 168178 of the original work, which was originally published in mcclures magazine. Originally serialized in 19 parts in mcclures magazine, the book was a seminal example of muckraking, and. This excerpt highlights struggles involving john d. Yet tarbells work is more than simply a monumental piece of reporting.
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