Social Studies: Robber Barons (US History)

search results for "Robber Barons" in GALE US History in context. Biographies, articles, primary documents and more.

American-Rails is the work of an amateur historian. Verify your facts.

Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. U.S. History in Context.

West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edited by Shirelle Phelps and Jeffrey Lehman, 2nd ed., vol. 9, Gale, 2005, pp. 301-303. U.S. History in Context,

NOTE: This site is the work of an amateur railroad enthusiast.

reprinted from: Bailey,W. F. The Pacific Monthly Magazine,
Jan./Feb. 1908.

biographies, primary sources, journal articles, magazine articles, and more...

Portal page for Andrew Carnegie

Gilded Age and Progressive Era Reference Library. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker and Rebecca Valentine. Vol. 3: Primary Source. Detroit, MI: UXL, 2007. p51-59

includes excerpts from "The Gospel of Wealth"

from _Industrial Revolution Reference Library_. Ed. James L. Outman, Matthew May, and Elisabeth M. Outman. Vol. 2: Biographies. Detroit, MI: UXL, 2003. p8-15

from _Industrial Revolution Reference Library_. Ed. James L. Outman, Matthew May, and Elisabeth M. Outman. Vol. 3: Primary Sources. Detroit, MI: UXL, 2003. p34-44.

contains excerpt from "Wealth"

Video clip plus multiple feature articles.

multiple resource types and background information

from: _Gilded Age and Progressive Era Reference Library_, edited by Lawrence W. Baker and Rebecca Valentine, vol. 2: Biographies, UXL, 2007, pp. 221-228. Gale Virtual Reference Library,

Portal page for Rockefeller

Article on Ida Tarbell.

Very basic introductory article. USHistory.org is run by the Independence Hall Organization of Philadelphia. They also have articles on Andrew Carnegie and J.P. Morgan

from _Industrial Revolution Reference Library_. Ed. James L. Outman, Matthew May, and Elisabeth M. Outman. Vol. 2: Biographies. Detroit, MI: UXL, 2003. p95-105.

Article from Time magazine (, vol. 21, no. 23, June 1933, p. 51) about Morgan's death.

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from "The Biography of America"

Source: Press for Conversion! magazine, Issue # 53, "Facing the Corporate Roots of American Fascism," March 2004. Published by the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade [Canada].

Portal for J.P. Morgan