The History of the Standard Oil CompanyTarbell's story, serialized by McClure's from 1902 to 1904, recounts the history of John D. Rockefeller's company. The first major industrial monopoly in the U.S., Standard Oil was, in 1901, the largest corporation in the country, and at its peak controlled as much as eighty-five percent of oil refining in America. But with all his wealth and power, Rockefeller could not protect himself from Tarbell. Her story of the company, which became a model for investigative journalists, placed the blame for increasingly commercialized American ideals and materialistic values at Rockefeller's doorstep. |
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THE BIRTH OF AN INDUSTRY | 1 |
THE RISE OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY | 22 |
AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE | 46 |
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