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Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller, Industrialist and Philanthropist

Allan Nevins

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Summary

Allan Nevins’s account follows John D. Rockefeller’s life as a businessman and philanthropist, tracing his rise from worker to oil magnate and founder of Standard Oil. The original Study in Power appeared in two volumes in 1953. A later one-volume abridgement presents this portrait of Rockefeller and his business career in a shorter form.

  • SourceJohn D. Rockefeller: A One-volume Abridgement — licensed Scribner Google Books · Description, Contents and Bibliographic information; 1959 abridgement, ISBN 9780684104225
  • SourceStudy in Power — Rockefeller University catalog · Description and publication details; original 1953 Scribner work
  • SourceJohn D. Rockefeller: A Study in Power — contemporary Kirkus notice · May 11, 1959 abridgement notice

Why read it Our view

Study Rockefeller’s oil-business expansion and the development of Standard Oil; retain the work’s abridgement limits.

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