The Men Who Built America
Veröffentlicht: 25. Juni 2014 Abgelegt unter: economic history | Tags: Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, George Westinghouse, Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, Jay Gould, Jim Fisk, John D. Rockefeller, Nikola Tesla, railroad business, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, William Jennings Bryan, William McKinley Hinterlasse einen KommentarThe Men Who Built America (also known as The Innovators: The Men Who Built America in some international markets) is a History six-hour, four-part miniseriesdocudrama broadcast in Fall (Autumn) 2012, and on the History Channel UK in Spring 2013. The series focuses on Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan and Henry Ford and how their industrial innovations and business empires revolutionized and, as alluded to in the title, „built“ America. The series is directed by Patrick Reams and Ruán Magan and is narrated by Campbell Scott.
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Episode list
Note: The series consists of eight one hour episodes; for TV they were combined into four two-hour episodes.
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | „A New War Begins“ | Ruán Magan | David C. White, Keith Palmer | October 16, 2012 |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt grows from a steamboat entrepreneur to the head of a railroad empire, and gets into a heated rivalry with Jim Fisk and Jay Gould; the up and coming John D. Rockefeller founds Standard Oil and starts to expand his wealth by diverting his business from the railroads to a new innovation, oil pipelines. | ||||
| 2 | „Bloody Battles“ | Patrick Reams | David C. White, Keith Palmer | October 23, 2012 |
| Andrew Carnegie builds an empire around steel, but finds himself struggling to save face after the ruthless tactics of his business partner, Henry Frick, result in both the Johnstown Flood as well as the bloody 1892 strike at the Homestead Steel Works. | ||||
| 3 | „Changing the Game“ | Patrick Reams | David C. White, Patrick Reams, Keith Palmer | October 30, 2012 |
| J.P. Morgan proceeds to banish the dark with the direct current electric light of Thomas Edison, but the two soon face serious competition from the alternating current of George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. As the 19th century comes to a close, the titans of industry must try to work together to stop a new threat in budding politician William Jennings Bryan, who threatens to dissolve monopolies in America. | ||||
| 4 | „When One Ends, Another Begins“ | Patrick Reams | David C. White, Keith Palmer | November 11, 2012 |
| Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan team up to help elect William McKinley to the U.S. presidency by paying for his 1896 campaign, to avoid a possible attack on monopolies. However, fate intervenes when McKinley is suddenly assassinated, and vice president Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency and promptly begins dissolving monopolies and trusts in America. Meanwhile, Morgan buys out Carnegie Steel to make Carnegie the richest man in the world, and Henry Ford designs an affordable automobile with his Model T and starts his own business, Ford Motor Company, which sets a new business model for companies to follow. | ||||
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Men Who Built America – Part 1
A New War Begins
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Men Who Built America – Part 2
Bloody Battles
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Men Who Built America – Part 3
Changing The Game
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Men Who Built America – Part 4
When One Ends Another Begins
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Fundstück: Das Evangelium des Reichtums
Veröffentlicht: 28. Dezember 2012 Abgelegt unter: Buch-Tipps & Literatur-Empfehlungen | Tags: Andrew Carnegie, Arbeitskampf, Armut, DEMOKRATIE, Evangelium des Reichtums, Imperialismus, Reichsbund Hinterlasse einen KommentarFundstück:
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