Year 11 ATAR Modern History Unit 1
Gilded Age Industrialists
McNeese, T. (2009). The robber barons and the Sherman Antitrust Act: reshaping American business. Chelsea House.
Maryville University. (n.d.). America’s Gilded Age: Robber Barons and Captains of Industry. https://online.maryville.edu/business-degrees/americas-gilded-age/
McNamara, R. (2018). Learn the meaning and history of the term Robber Baron. https://www.thoughtco.com/robber-baron-definition-1773342
Andrew Carnegie. (2009). http://www.history.com/topics/andrew-carnegie
Andrew Carnegie. (2017). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Britannica School database.
Andrew Carnegie’s story. (2015). https://www.carnegie.org/interactives/foundersstory/#!/
Gillam, S. (2009). Andrew Carnegie: industrial giant and philanthropist. ABDO Publishing Company.
Kent, Z. (2015). Andrew Carnegie: industrialist and philanthropist. Enslow Publishing.
McNamara, R. (2017). Andrew Carnegie. https://www.thoughtco.com/andrew-carnegie-1773956
BBC. (2016, October 20). The robber barons: John D Rockefeller [Audio podcast]. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z6w09
Derbyshire, W. (2008). Six tycoons: the lives of John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford and Joseph P. Kennedy. Spiramus Press.
Eschner, K. (2017). John D. Rockefeller Was the Richest Person To Ever Live. Period. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/john-d-rockefeller-richest-person-ever-live-period-180961705/
Hamen, S. E. (2011). John D. Rockefeller: entrepreneur & philanthropist. ABDO Publishing Company.
The Independence Hal Association. (n.d.). The new tycoons: John D. Rockefeller. http://www.ushistory.org/us/36b.asp
John D. Rockefeller. (2010). http://www.history.com/topics/john-d-rockefeller
Mintz, S., & McNeil, S. (2016). Robber baron or industrial statesman. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit7_7.pdf
Ogle-Mater, J. (2018). Biography of John D. Rockefeller. https://www.thoughtco.com/john-d-rockefeller-p2-1779821
PragerU. (2015, October 5). Rockefeller: the riches American who ever lived [Video.] YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYqrFBm7qdA
BBC. (2016, October 20). The robber barons: Cornelius Vanderbilt [Audio podcast]. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z3zg0
Cornelius Vanderbilt. (2010). https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/cornelius-vanderbilt
Derbyshire, W. (2008). Six tycoons: the lives of John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford and Joseph P. Kennedy. Spiramus Press.
Kazin, M. (2009). Ruthless in Manhattan. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/books/review/Kazin-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
McNamara, R. (2018). Cornelius Vanderbilt: “The Commodore”. https://www.thoughtco.com/cornelius-vanderbilt-the-commodore-1773616
Durden, R.F. (1986). Duke, James Buchanan. https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/duke-james-buchanan
Funk, W.H. (2018). Brutal saviours of the Black Patch. History Today. https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/brutal-saviours-black-patch
PBS. (2016, January 14). From poverty to power – the James B. Duke story [Video]. PBS. https://www.pbs.org/video/unc-tv-presents-poverty-power-james-b-duke-story/
Andrews, E. (2014). The “Black Friday” gold scandal. https://www.history.com/news/the-black-friday-gold-scandal-145-years-ago
BBC. (2016, October 21). The robber barons: JP Morgan [Audio podcast]. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z7bwf
The Independence Hall Association. (n.d.). The new tycoons: J. Pierpont Morgan. http://www.ushistory.org/us/36d.asp
J.P. Morgan. (2009). http://www.history.com/topics/john-pierpont-morgan
John Pierpont Morgan. (2016, July 23). John Pierpont Morgan – emperor of Wall Street [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IriQS8D6bkI
BBC. (2016, October 18). The robber barons: Jay Gould [Audio podcast]. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z7g0g
Jay Gould. (2016). http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3173
Jay Gould historical marker. (2011). http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-1C6
McNamara, R. (2016). Jay Gould notorious robber baron. https://www.thoughtco.com/jay-gould-notorious-robber-baron-1773957
Telemark Films. (2016). Railroad Man: the life and legend of Jay Gould. [Video]. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/194683538
Eschner, K. (2017). The peculiar story of the Witch of Wall Street. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/peculiar-story-hetty-green-aka-witch-wall-street-180967258/
Leek, A. (2016). How to invest like… Hetty Green, the world’s richest woman. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/special-reports/how-to-invest-like–hetty-green-the-worlds-richest-woman/