Rulers of America : A study of finance capital / Anna Rochester.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : International Publishers, 1936Description: 367 pages ; 25 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.0973
LOC classification:
  • HG 181 .R6 1936
Partial contents:
Part one: The rulers and their domain -- Chapter I. Financial rulers emerge -- Chapter II. The house of Morgan -- Chapter III. Rockefeller, a family power -- Chapter IV. The Mellons of Pittsburgh -- Chapter V. The oligarchy -- Chapter VI. Guiding the streams of capital - Chapter VII. How finance capital rules industry -- Chapter VIII. Controlling the government -- Chapter IX. The widening gap
Part two: Control in selected industries -- Chapter X. Dominant oil monopolies -- Chapter XI. Copper, a metal of empire -- Chapter XII. Around the world with electricity -- Chapter XIII. DuPont leads in chemicals -- Chapter XIV. Aviation, a war industry -- Chapter XV. Steel, guns and war machines -- Chapter XVI. Railroads, the ripest monopoly -- Chapter XVII. Fleecing the farmers -- Chapter XVIII. Driving out the small trader -- Chapter XIX. Monopoly and competition
Part three: Capitalism in crisis -- Chapter XX. Wall Street's foreign empire -- Chapter XXI. Ruling policies and the crisis -- Chapter XXII. Will the rulers maintain their power? -- Appendices -- Reference notes -- A few sources not shown elsewhere -- Index.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks HG 181 .R6 1936 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML19060028

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-351), appendices, and index.

Part one: The rulers and their domain -- Chapter I. Financial rulers emerge -- Chapter II. The house of Morgan -- Chapter III. Rockefeller, a family power -- Chapter IV. The Mellons of Pittsburgh -- Chapter V. The oligarchy -- Chapter VI. Guiding the streams of capital - Chapter VII. How finance capital rules industry -- Chapter VIII. Controlling the government -- Chapter IX. The widening gap

Part two: Control in selected industries -- Chapter X. Dominant oil monopolies -- Chapter XI. Copper, a metal of empire -- Chapter XII. Around the world with electricity -- Chapter XIII. DuPont leads in chemicals -- Chapter XIV. Aviation, a war industry -- Chapter XV. Steel, guns and war machines -- Chapter XVI. Railroads, the ripest monopoly -- Chapter XVII. Fleecing the farmers -- Chapter XVIII. Driving out the small trader -- Chapter XIX. Monopoly and competition

Part three: Capitalism in crisis -- Chapter XX. Wall Street's foreign empire -- Chapter XXI. Ruling policies and the crisis -- Chapter XXII. Will the rulers maintain their power? -- Appendices -- Reference notes -- A few sources not shown elsewhere -- Index.

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