The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings
$31.47
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
26 September 2006
Summary
Focusing on Carnegie’s most famous essay, “The Gospel of Wealth,” this book of his writings, published here together for the first time, demonstrates the late steel magnate’s beliefs on wealth, poverty, the public good, and capitalism. Carnegie’s commitment to ensuring and promoting the welfare of his fellow human beings through philanthropic deeds ranged from donations to universities and museums to establishing more than 2,500 public libraries in the English-speaking world, and he gave away…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143039891 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014303989X |
| Author: | Andrew Carnegie, David Nasaw |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 102g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
About The Author
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie emigrated from Scotland to the United States in 1848 at the age of 13. At age 65 he sold the Carnegie Steel Company to JP Morgan for $480 million and devoted the rest of his life to writing and philanthropy.
David Nasaw is the author of the nationally bestselling biography The Chief—The Life of William Randolph Hearst, winner of the Bancroft Prize for History, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the Ambassador Book Prize for Biography, and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is currently a distinguished professor of history and Director for the Humanities at the City University of New York Graduate Center.
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