The History of the Standard Oil Company
Ida M. Tarbell
The federal antitrust laws seek to balance the relationship between consumers and corporate purveyors of goods and services. The purpose of the laws is to foster competition among merchants so as to maintain a fair price for their goods and services. The concepts are simple, but their application can boggle the mind, especially when the corporation in question is as big, as dominant, and as all pervasive as the Standard Oil Company. In 1904 one of the first muckraking journalists, Ida Tarbell, wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company. The book confronts the irony inherent in corporate success: Can corporate dominance ultimately harm the consumer when that dominance results in the unfettered setting of prices and overwhelming the presence and growth of potential competitors. This is the story of John D. Rockefeller, the most successful and wealthiest of all Americans in his time.
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Product Details
| Read by: | Tom Weiss |
| Length: | 19 hours 8 minutes |
| Type: | Solo reading |
| Media: | MP3 CD |
| Package: | DVD box |
| Item No.: | DB-1066 |
| EAN: | 06847589364 |
| List Price: | $11.99 |
Credits
Production
Book Coordinator: Tom Weiss
Meta Coordinator: Maria Therese
Proof Listener: mim@can
Artwork
Cover: Color lithograph of a political cartoon depicting a Standard Oil tank as an octopus with many tentacles wrapped around the steel, copper, and shipping industries, as well as a state house, the U.S. Capitol, and one tentacle reaching for the White House. By Udo J. Keppler, 1904
DVD Inset: Front page of The History of the Standard Oil Company, written by Ida Tarbell 1904
DVD Inset: Ida M. Tarbell, 1904
DVD Insert: Stand Oil logo
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Table of Contents
| Track | Chapter | Length |
| 01 | 01- Preface and Chapter 1 Part 1 | 42:08 |
| 02 | 02 - Chapter 1 Part 2 | 41:56 |
| 03 | 03 - Chapter 2 Part 1 - The Rise of The Standard Oil Company | 42:52 |
| 04 | 04 - Chapter 2 Part 2 The Rise of The Standard Oil Company | 22:18 |
| 05 | 05 - Chapter 3 Part 1 - The Oil War of 1872 | 40:13 |
| 06 | 06 - Chapter 3 Part 2 - The Oil War of 1872 | 32:55 |
| 07 | 07 - Chapter 4 Part 1 - An Unholy Alliance | 36:27 |
| 08 | 08 - Chapter 4 Part 2 - An Unholy Alliance | 15:28 |
| 09 | 09 - Chapter 5 Part 1 - Laying The Foundations Of A Trust | 38:44 |
| 10 | 10 - Chapter 5 Part 2 - Laying The Foundations Of A Trust | 45:27 |
| 11 | 11 - Chapter 6 Part 1 - Strengthening The Foundations | 44:56 |
| 12 | 12 - Chapter 6 Part 2 - Strengthening The Foundations | 45:57 |
| 13 | 13 - Chapter 7 Part 1 - The Crisis of 1878 | 36:19 |
| 14 | 14 - Chapter 7 Part 2 - The Crisis of 1878 | 31:41 |
| 15 | 15 - Chapter 8 The Compromise of 1880 | 45:32 |
| 16 | 01 - Chapter 9 The Fight For The Seaboard Pipeline | 58:42 |
| 17 | 02 - Chapter 10 Part One Cutting To Kill | 33:31 |
| 18 | 03 - Chapter 10 Part Two Cutting To Kill | 27:47 |
| 19 | 04 - Chapter 11 The War On The Rebate | 52:10 |
| 20 | 05 - Chapter 12 The Buffalo Case | 47:13 |
| 21 | 06 - Chapter 13 The Standard Oil Company and Politics | 36:36 |
| 22 | 07 - Chapter 14. The Breaking Up Of The Trust | 57:53 |
| 23 | 08 - Chapter 15. Part One A Modern War For Independence | 42:26 |
| 24 | 09 - Chapter 15. Part Two A Modern War For Independence | 28:00 |
| 25 | 10 - Chapter 16 Part One The Price of Oil | 43:13 |
| 26 | 11 - Chapter 16 Part Two The Price of Oil | 37:40 |
| 27 | 12 - Chapter 17 The Legitmate Greatness of the Standard Oil Company | 49:26 |
| 28 | 13 - Chapter 18 Conclusion | 1:16:59 |
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