Insull
by McDonald, Forrest
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Fine
- Seller
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, 1962. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. (xii) 350 pp, To the Reader by author, Brown University, August 1962; aftermath, index; b/w glossy captioned photos, orange tint top edge, contents very good+. Tape remnants, slight tear w/no loss, stamp front endpaper, back endpaper fore edge lightly tanned. 8vo, brown/black cloth, edges lightly faded, stamped cover design, gold lettering spine, very good+; Priced dust jacket, b/w portrait Insull cover, photo newspaper headlines, price tag remnants back cover, in Brodart plastic sleeve, very good. Born in London, Samuel Insull (1859-1938) moved to Chicago and became a business magnate, beginning with Edison in 1881. Insull helped create the electric grid & devised electric supply solutions to save consumers money and ways corporations could market securities. Associated w/multiple scandals during The Great Depression & beyond on one hand, he built the Civic Opera House in Chicago on the other. In his heyday, Insull controlled companies serving electricity, gas & transportation in 5000 communities spread over 32 states..
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- Bookseller
- Abstract Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033324
- Title
- Insull
- Author
- McDonald, Forrest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Publisher
- University of Chicago
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Business Electricity Utilities Chicago Law Biography
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