The World's Richest Neighborhood: How Pittsburgh's East Enders Forged American Industry
Those who lived in Pittsburgh's East End in 1900 controlled as much as 40 percent of the country's assets, and the neighborhood represented as much hope and motivation for America's less fortunate as it did the extravagance, greed, and power of the hard-charging capitalists of the time. Skrabec (business, U. of Findlay) is uniquely qualified to tell the story of the one-time wealth and power of the neighborhood as he has already written biographies of such residents as Heinz, Westinghouse, Frick, and Carnegie. His book tells the story not only of people and place, but also sheds light on the industrialization of America and how it came to pass. --©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR