Breaking Rockefeller
Subtitle: the incredible story of the ambitious rivals who toppled an oil empire
By: Peter B. Doran
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780525427391
Subjects: Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij; Petroleum industry and trade; Standard Oil Company; History
Description: "The author of the popular History of Oil podcast traces the early-20th-century rivalry between John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell, describing the origins of partners Marcus Samuel, Jr. and Henri Deterding and how they used respective talents to break Rockefeller's daunting monopoly"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-322) and index.
Table of contents: title: The King of Broadway; title: The merchant of Houndsditch; title: The insider; title: Rascality of all descriptions; title: It can't be done; title: The carnivorous snail; title: The royal crown; title: The hidden map; title: The knight in the mote; title: The deal of the century; title: The rivals; title: The echo of applause; title: Reversals of fortune; title: The black city in red; title: The warhorse and the stallion; title: The "fateful plunge"; title: The Colossus falls; title: "We must take America"; title: Wealth beyond measure; title: Legacies; title: The enduring puzzle.