Description: The Russian Rockefellers by Robert W. Tolf The name of Nobel usually calls to mind Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, and the internationally prestigious prizes that bear his name. But Alfred was only one member of a creative and innovative family who built an industrial empire in prerevolutionary Russia. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The name of Nobel usually calls to mind Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, and the internationally prestigious prizes that bear his name. But Alfred was only one member of a creative and innovative family who built an industrial empire in prerevolutionary Russia. The saga begins with an emigré from Sweden, Immanuel Nobel, who was an architect, a pioneer producer of steam engines, and a maker of armaments, including the underwater mines that were widely used in the Crimean War.Immanuels sons included Alfred; Robert, who directed the familys activities in the Caspian oil fields; and Ludwig, an engineering genius and manufacturing magnate whose boundless energy and fierce determination created the Russian petroleum industry. Ludwigs son Emanuel showed similar mettle, shrewdly bargaining with the Rothschilds for control of the Russian markets and competing head-on with Standard Oil, Royal Dutch, and Shell for lucrative world markets. Emanuel not only expanded the Russian oil industry but also helped to modernize the Russian navy and commanded a fleet of three hundred ships.Perhaps no family in history has played so decisive a role in building an industrial empire in an underdeveloped but resource-rich nation. Yet the achievements of the Nobel family have been largely forgotten. When the Bolsheviks came to power, the empire, which had taken eighty years to design and build, was nearly destroyed, bringing a sudden and bitter end to one of the most remarkable industrial odysseys in world history. Author Biography Robert W. Tolf (1929-2015) graduated from Harvard University, received his doctorate from the University of Rochester, and spent fourteen years in the US Foreign Service, stationed in Scandinavia and Switzerland. He was a critic and columnist. The Russian Rockefellers was his first book. Details ISBN0817965858 Author Robert W. Tolf Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Year 2020 ISBN-10 0817965858 ISBN-13 9780817965853 Format Paperback Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Subtitle The Saga of the Nobel Family and the Russian Oil Industry Place of Publication Stanford Country of Publication United States Short Title The Russian Rockefellers Language English Pages 313 AU Release Date 2020-06-01 NZ Release Date 2020-06-01 UK Release Date 2020-06-30 Publication Date 2020-06-30 DEWEY 338.00922 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2020-06-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141919372;
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