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- Volume 1
- Preface
- Chapter 1: The Birth of an Industry
- Chapter 2: The Rise of the Standard Oil Company
- Chapter 3: The Oil War of 1872
- Chapter 4: “An Unholy Alliance”
- Chapter 5: Laying the Foundations of a Trust
- Chapter 6: Strengthening the Foundations
- Chapter 7: The Crisis of 1878
- Chapter 8: The Compromise of 1880
- Appendix
- Volume 2
- Chapter 9: The Fight for the Seaboard Pipe-Line
- Chapter 10: Cutting to Kill
- Chapter 11: The War on the Rebate
- Chapter 12: The Buffalo Case
- Chapter 13: The Standard Oil Company and Politics
- Chapter 14: The Breaking Up of the Trust
- Chapter 15: A Modern War for Independence
- Chapter 16: The Price of Oil
- Chapter 17: The Legitimate Greatness of the Standard Oil Company
- Chapter 18: Conclusion
- Appendix
- Index
Half-Title[edit | edit source]
THE HISTORY OF
THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
Frontispiece[edit | edit source]
Title[edit | edit source]
THE HISTORY OF
THE STANDARD
OIL COMPANY
BY
IDA M. TARBELL
AUTHOR OF
THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE,
AND MADAME ROLAND: A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY
ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS
PICTURES AND DIAGRAMS
VOLUME TWO
NEW YORK
McCLURE, PHILLIPS, & CO.
MCMVCopyright[edit | edit source]
Copyright, 1904, by
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
Published, November, 1904, N
Second Impression
Copyright, 1902, 1903, 1904, by The S. S. McClure Co.
Volume 2 Contents[edit | edit source]
- Chapter 9: The Fight for the Seaboard Pipe-Line
- Chapter 10: Cutting to Kill
- Chapter 11: The War on the Rebate
- Chapter 12: The Buffalo Case
- Chapter 13: The Standard Oil Company and Politics
- Chapter 14: The Breaking Up of the Trust
- Chapter 15: A Modern War for Independence
- Chapter 16: The Price of Oil
- Chapter 17: The Legitimate Greatness of the Standard Oil Company
- Chapter 18: Conclusion
- Appendix
- Index