West Virginia and the Captains of Industry
Publisher: West Virginia University
Published: October 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780870122378
Subjects: United States - State & Local - South; Industries; History; History - General History; History: American; West Virginia; Industries - General; Economic History; General; Businesspeople
First sentence: In the last third of the nineteenth century the gods of war and commerce created a new American commonwealth in the heart of the Appalachian highlands.