Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate the Munitions Industry
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Category : Firearms industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1504
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Munitions Industry: Exhibits on Wartime and Post-War Financing, 1914-1923
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate the Munitions Industry
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Category : Firearms industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1504
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Category : Firearms industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1504
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Bethlehem Steel
Author: Kenneth Warren
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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In the late 19th century, rails from Bethlehem Steel helped build the United States into the world's foremost economy. During the 1890s, Bethlehem became America's leading supplier of heavy armaments, and by 1914, it had pioneered new methods of structural steel manufacture that transformed urban skylines. Demand for its war materials during World War I provided the finance for Bethlehem to become the world's second-largest steel maker. As late as 1974, the company achieved record earnings of $342 million. But in the 1980s and 1990s, through wildly fluctuating times, losses outweighed gains, and Bethlehem struggled to downsize and reinvest in newer technologies. By 2001, in financial collapse, it reluctantly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Two years later, International Steel Group acquired the company for $1.5 billion. In Bethlehem Steel, Kenneth Warren presents an original and compelling history of a leading American company, examining the numerous factors contributing to the growth of this titan and those that eventually felled it--along with many of its competitors in the U.S. steel industry. Warren considers the investment failures, indecision and slowness to abandon or restructure outdated "integrated" plants plaguing what had become an insular, inward-looking management group. Meanwhile competition increased from more economical "mini mills" at home and from new, technologically superior plants overseas, which drove world prices down, causing huge flows of imported steel into the United States. Bethlehem Steel provides a fascinating case study in the transformation of a major industry from one of American dominance to one where America struggled to survive.
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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In the late 19th century, rails from Bethlehem Steel helped build the United States into the world's foremost economy. During the 1890s, Bethlehem became America's leading supplier of heavy armaments, and by 1914, it had pioneered new methods of structural steel manufacture that transformed urban skylines. Demand for its war materials during World War I provided the finance for Bethlehem to become the world's second-largest steel maker. As late as 1974, the company achieved record earnings of $342 million. But in the 1980s and 1990s, through wildly fluctuating times, losses outweighed gains, and Bethlehem struggled to downsize and reinvest in newer technologies. By 2001, in financial collapse, it reluctantly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Two years later, International Steel Group acquired the company for $1.5 billion. In Bethlehem Steel, Kenneth Warren presents an original and compelling history of a leading American company, examining the numerous factors contributing to the growth of this titan and those that eventually felled it--along with many of its competitors in the U.S. steel industry. Warren considers the investment failures, indecision and slowness to abandon or restructure outdated "integrated" plants plaguing what had become an insular, inward-looking management group. Meanwhile competition increased from more economical "mini mills" at home and from new, technologically superior plants overseas, which drove world prices down, causing huge flows of imported steel into the United States. Bethlehem Steel provides a fascinating case study in the transformation of a major industry from one of American dominance to one where America struggled to survive.
War Expenditures: v. 1 Testimony and exhibits of the War Department. v. 2 War contracts of $100,000 and over. v. 3. Reports of the committee. 3 v
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Dept
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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The Railway Age
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Conduct of Albert W. Johnson and Albert L. Watson, U.S. District Judges, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Special Subcommittee to Investigate the Official Conduct of United States District Judges Albert W. Johnson and Albert L. Watson
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 994
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Committee Serial No. 11. Includes excerpts from grand jury testimony. June 12-15 and July 2-6 hearings were held in Scranton, Pa.
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 994
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Committee Serial No. 11. Includes excerpts from grand jury testimony. June 12-15 and July 2-6 hearings were held in Scranton, Pa.
Conduct of Albert W. Johnson and Albert L. Watson, United States District Judges, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Special Subcommittee to Investigate the Official Conduct of United States District Judges Albert W. Johnson and Albert L. Watson
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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Violations of Free Speech and Rights of Labor
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 1550
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 1550
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Munitions Industry
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate the Munitions Industry
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Category : Firearms industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1994
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Category : Firearms industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1994
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Munitions Industry: September 4-6, 1934. Electric Boat Co
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate the Munitions Industry
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Category : Firearms industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1472
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Category : Firearms industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1472
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Violations of Free Speech and Assembly and Interference with Rights of Labor
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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