Robber Barons or Captains of Industry
The Myth of the Robber Barons, by Burton W. Folsom, describes the different “robber barons” and their qualities during the gilded age. The phrase “robber baron” refers to individuals like Vanderbilt, Hill, Schwab, Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Mellon; these being individuals that used their economic and well-informed power to help America as a whole. Folsom’s book […]