Edison to Enron Energy Markets and Political Strategies

Name: Edison to Enron Energy Markets and Political Strategies
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ISBN: 9780470917367

ISBN-10: 0470917369

ISBN-13: 9780470917367

Edition: 2011

Authors: Robert L. Bradley, Robert L. Bradley

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Edison to Enron presents a readable, illustrated history of the U.S. natural gas and electricity industries with an emphasis on market development and political strategy. It contains new historical material on Samuel Insull, the co-founder of General Electric, and includes chapters on many of the 20th centuryrs"s large electricity and natural gas companies as well as their founders. Weaving the historical market development story with the political strategy employed by the founders, this book entertains as well as enlightens.

Book details

Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 11/7/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 608
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.50" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Chief




Building General Electric



Dynamo at Chicago Edison: 1892-1907



Expanding Horizons: 1907-1918



Peak and Peril: 1919-1929



Plummet and Ruin: 1930-1938



The Boss




Meadows to Murchison



A Monumental Mistake



Florida Gas Company



Transco Energy Company



Houston Natural Gas Corporation



The Prince of Bankruptcy




Robert Herring and Ray Fish



Formation and Maturation



Robert Herring and After


Epilogue


Bibliography


Illustration Credits


Name Index


Subject Index