{"product_id":"edison-to-enron-energy-markets-and-political-strategies-hardback-9780470917367","title":"Edison to Enron; Energy Markets and Political Strategies (Hardback) 9780470917367","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEdison to Enron\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEnergy Markets and Political Strategies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert L. Bradley, Jr. (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470917367, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e608 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 16.3 x 3.6 cm, 0.971 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Summing Up: Highly recommended.  General readers; all levels of undergraduate students.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe oil industry in the United States has been the subject of innumerable histories. But books on the development of the natural gas industry and the electricity industry in the U.S. are scarce. \u003ci\u003eEdison to Enron\u003c\/i\u003e is a readable flowing history of two of America's largest and most colorful industries.  \u003cp\u003eIt begins with the story of Samuel Insull, a poor boy from England, who started his career as Thomas Edison's right-hand man, then went on his own and became one of America's top industrialists. But when Insull's General Electric's energy empire collapsed during the Great Depression, the hitherto Great Man was denounced and prosecuted and died a pauper. Against that backdrop, the book introduces Ken Lay, a poor boy from Missouri who began his career as an aide to the head of Humble oil, now part of Exxon Mobil. Lay went on to become a Washington bureaucrat and energy regulator and then became the \u003ci\u003ewunderkind\u003c\/i\u003e of the natural gas industry in the 1980s with Enron.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo connect the lives of these two energy giants, \u003ci\u003eEdison to Enron\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader through the flamboyant history of the American energy industry, from Texas wildcatters to the great pipeline builders to the Washington wheeler-dealers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Reviews...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This scholarly work fills in much missing history about two of America's most important industries, electricity and natural gas.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJoseph A. Pratt\u003c\/b\u003e, NEH-Cullen Professor of History and Business, University of Houston\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... a remarkable book on the political inner workings of the U.S. energy industry.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRobert Peltier\u003c\/b\u003e, PE, Editor-in-Chief, \u003ci\u003ePOWER Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a powerful story, brilliantly told.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eForrest McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e, Historian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. The Chief: Samuel Insull.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Building General Electric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Dynamo at Chicago Edition: 1892-1907.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Expanding Horizons: 1907-1918.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Peak and Peril: 1919-1929.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Plummet and Ruin: 1930-38.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Boss: Jack Bowen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Meadows to Murchison.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. A Monumental Mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Florida Gas Company.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Transco Energy Company.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Houston Natural Gas Corporation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. The Prince of Bankruptcy: John Henry Kirby.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Robert Herring and Ray Fish.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12. Formation of Maturation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Robert Herring and After.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue Market Order, Political Challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllustration Credits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Scrivener","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52278118023448,"sku":"9780470917367","price":46.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470917367_53775.jpg?v=1781458416","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/edison-to-enron-energy-markets-and-political-strategies-hardback-9780470917367","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}