Businessmen who find success must treat their employees well and have good relationships with rival companies. Morris indicated John D. Rockefeller did this the best. What also made him unique was the way in which he understood distribution. Rockefeller personally started many of the relationships with the purchases his company made and eventually helped with the merger as well. Rockefeller was able to guide his company in the direction he wanted it to go rather than having someone under him give off a reputation he did not intend. Rockefeller began small, but always had intentions to build his oil company up to a national and world power. Morris praised him for his work by saying, “He seized on the initial opportunity in oil in the 1860’s
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He was much closer to the lives of these men, but he was writing during the time of the Great Depression. This turns off readers, because he was unable to see what business and the United States government was able to do during and after the Great Depression that had long lasting ties to the industrial men and their companies. Josephson did a great job of teaching to readers that the men in the book were real Robber Barons in the effort they gave to influence the whole business. Josephson made it his thesis to prove to the reader that these men did a great job helping out the consumer, producer, and other men interested in business. He wanted readers to know that these men influenced the world on a much greater scale than other men of their …show more content…
Every historian may tend to lie in a certain camp, which proved to be true of Morris, Josephson, and Nuechterlein. Knowing when the writing was taken place proved to be a big influence on the understanding each author was trying to convey to the audience. History writing is a broad sweeping talent that many have and influences in historian’s lives prove to be a testament in their writing. Using a variety of sources allows readers and historians to take the knowledge they have learned in order to close the gap to retell a story in the most pure sense as if it occurred
He was much closer to the lives of these men, but he was writing during the time of the Great Depression. This turns off readers, because he was unable to see what business and the United States government was able to do during and after the Great Depression that had long lasting ties to the industrial men and their companies. Josephson did a great job of teaching to readers that the men in the book were real Robber Barons in the effort they gave to influence the whole business. Josephson made it his thesis to prove to the reader that these men did a great job helping out the consumer, producer, and other men interested in business. He wanted readers to know that these men influenced the world on a much greater scale than other men of their …show more content…
Every historian may tend to lie in a certain camp, which proved to be true of Morris, Josephson, and Nuechterlein. Knowing when the writing was taken place proved to be a big influence on the understanding each author was trying to convey to the audience. History writing is a broad sweeping talent that many have and influences in historian’s lives prove to be a testament in their writing. Using a variety of sources allows readers and historians to take the knowledge they have learned in order to close the gap to retell a story in the most pure sense as if it occurred