03818cam a2200457 i 4500 129549 20230410115506.0 160721t20162016nyua b 001 0deng d 19184584 2016429238 9780525427391 (hardcover) 0525427392 (hardcover) 9780698170773 (ebook) (OCoLC)ocn949852930 T7B eng T7B rda T7B OQX ZHB IUK ON8 OCLCO ABG CDX CLE BUR OCLCO OCLCQ VP@ YDXCP OCLCF OCLCO UAB TOH BTCTA BDX OEI XYZ LIV DLC ng lccopycat HD 9560.5 D693b 2016 338.7/665509 Doran, Peter B. Breaking Rockefeller : the incredible story of the ambitious rivals who toppled an oil empire / Peter B. Doran. New York : Viking, [2016] xii, 337 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-322) and index. The King of Broadway -- The merchant of Houndsditch -- The insider -- Rascality of all descriptions -- It can't be done -- The carnivorous snail -- The royal crown -- The hidden map -- The knight in the mote -- The deal of the century -- The rivals -- The echo of applause -- Reversals of fortune -- The black city in red -- The warhorse and the stallion -- The "fateful plunge" -- The Colossus falls -- "We must take America" -- Wealth beyond measure -- Legacies -- The enduring puzzle. "The author of the popular History of Oil podcast traces the early-20th-century rivalry between John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell, describing the origins of partners Marcus Samuel, Jr. and Henri Deterding and how they used respective talents to break Rockefeller's daunting monopoly"-- NoveList. At the height of the great oil boom of the 1870s-1880s, John D. Rockefeller was seemingly unstoppable. Capitalizing on the newly emerging industry that was changing the lives of people worldwide, Rockefeller eliminated his rivals to achieve near-total domination of the market. By 1889, he was at the peak of his power, having created one of the largest monopolies in history, so powerful that even the U.S. government was wary of challenging the great "anaconda" of Standard Oil. The Standard never loses--that is, until the unlikely duo of Marcus Samuel and Henri Deterding teamed up to form Royal Dutch Shell, and set the stage for the toppling of Standard Oil. This account of ambition, oil, and greed traces Samuel's rise from canny outsider to the heights of the British aristocracy, Deterding's conquest of America, and the collapse of Rockefeller's oil empire. Taking readers through the rough and tumble of East London's streets and the twilight turmoil of tsarist Russia to the halls of the British Parliament and right down New York's Broadway, international affairs expert Peter Doran offers a fresh perspective on how Samuel and Deterding beat the world's richest man at his own game.--Adapted from dust jacket. Petroleum industry and trade History. Samuel, Marcus, 1853-1927. Deterding, Henri, 1866-1939. Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij History. Standard Oil Company History. Standard Oil Company Historia. Petróleo Industria y comercio Historia. Industria del petróleo Historia. Contributor biographical information https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1619/2016429238-b.html Publisher description https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1619/2016429238-d.html lcc bk dpf 42265 42265 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HD 9560.5 D693b 2016 00000123487 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk