"This Dover edition, first published in 2003, is an unabridged republication of the "briefer version" of the work edited by David M. Chalmers, and published in 1966 as a Harper Torchbook by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York. For this edition, the text was cut approximately in half and the appendices eliminated. The complete work originally appeared as a series of articles in McClure's Magazine from 1902 to 1904, and was published in book form, in two volumes by The Macmillan Company in 1904"--copyright p. Birth of an industry -- Rise of the Standard Oil Company -- Oil war of 1872 -- " An unholy alliance" -- Laying the foundations of a trust -- Strengthening the foundations -- Crisis of 1878 -- Compromise of 1880 -- Fight for the Seaboard pipeline -- Cutting to kill -- War on the rebate -- Buffalo Case -- Standard Oil Company and politics -- Breaking up of the trust -- Modern war for independence -- Price of oil -- Legitimate greatness of the Standard Oil Company -- Conclusion. Includes bibliographical references.
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