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Insull

Insull

by Forrest McDonald

Electrical utlityChicagopoliticsGreat DepressionWorld War I
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Biography of Samuel Insull, and the story of his family, immigrant from England, former personal secretary to Thomas Edison, to head of the largest US utilty conglomerate of his time,to notorious fugitive from authorities, to acquittal. Thoroughly researched and well written.

Themes & subjects

Electrical utlityChicagopoliticsGreat DepressionWorld War Ifinance

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Setting

ChicagoNew YorkEnglandGreeceTurkeyParis1859-1938

Author

Forrest McDonald

Pages

400

Read time

≈ 10h

Editions

5

Language

English

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, University of Toronto Press

ISBN

9781587982439

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