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as promised my first paper.
History is vital to understand any culture or group of people. To further our understanding of our own culture a study of American history must be done. Every aspect of our culture needs to be understood in order to gain a heightened experience of our society. Business is an aspect of both history and culture. In particular a study of the life of John D. Rockefeller would be most helpful in this respect. Rockefellers name is always connected to the old business he dominated. Rockefeller was a business man in every sense of the word. Rockefeller was a business man during the 17th century and he was very good at it. Rockefeller is defiantly what we call a Robber Baron. Rockefeller can even be called the personification of a Robber Baron. Any historian can tell you that Rockefeller was a greedy man and how he got his money is quite a study.
Rockefeller was first of all a business man. In ever sense of the word he was indeed a business man. A man concerned only and only with making money. Business is what he only was interested in. Money Money and more money would be his worldview. If you look at pictures of this man you will see that he almost never has a smile on his face, its always a grim demeanor.
The only time ever saw John Rockefeller enthusiastic was when a report came in from the creek that his buyer had secured a cargo of oil at a figure much below the market price. He hounded from his chair with a shout of joy, danced up and down, hugged me, threw up his hat, acted so like a mad man that I had never forgotten it.
He is only excited when he gets his money. He might have been using an interesting type of new drug or something but I doubt that. I would have to say that with the evidence that we have about Rockefeller he would have to answers all of the questions you provided.
Rockefeller call adequately called a Robber Baron Now what is this phrase and what does it mean? In the words of the Reader's Companion to American History a Robber Baron is
(this is a ) disapproving term was used to describe late-nineteenth-century industrialists, especially those who ostentatiously displayed their wealth. The phrase gained widespread popularity as the title of a history published in 1934 by Matthew Josephson in the depths of the Great Depression. It was applied to industrial leaders and corporations of the late nineteenth century, such as Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Steel, John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil, and Cornelius and William Vanderbilt and their railroads Such comments as William Vanderbilt's
This would defiantly give a good definition of who Rockefeller is. "The public be damned!" expressed the scornful attitude that earned the robber barons their unsavory reputation. The only really good thing about Rockefeller was the fact that he was very real. He was at least himself and not trying to live two different lives at once.
Rockefeller was the type of person who could get money and save it. He was not always honest in his dealings with business. Rockefeller was raised in a religious Baptist community but apparently money was a bit more interesting then salvation.
John D Rockefeller had been raised in the strictest Baptist faith, in the paternal farm near Cleveland, Ohio. Greedy since his childhood, he used to buy candies wholesale to resell them to his siblings at a profit. After mandatory school, he works at 16 as an accountant for a grocer in Cleveland, giving the greatest satisfaction to his employer by his diligence. He was the kind of accountant that saw everything and forgot nothing. Rockefeller did not forget this early experiences when he came to run his own business.
I seriously doubt that all of his money was gathered this way. This story, although cute, is not how he got all of his money. He got his money by being very dedicated to his work.
now I would like to actually discuss the ideas in my paper.
History is vital to understand any culture or group of people. To further our understanding of our own culture a study of American history must be done. Every aspect of our culture needs to be understood in order to gain a heightened experience of our society. Business is an aspect of both history and culture. In particular a study of the life of John D. Rockefeller would be most helpful in this respect. Rockefellers name is always connected to the old business he dominated. Rockefeller was a business man in every sense of the word. Rockefeller was a business man during the 17th century and he was very good at it. Rockefeller is defiantly what we call a Robber Baron. Rockefeller can even be called the personification of a Robber Baron. Any historian can tell you that Rockefeller was a greedy man and how he got his money is quite a study.
Rockefeller was first of all a business man. In ever sense of the word he was indeed a business man. A man concerned only and only with making money. Business is what he only was interested in. Money Money and more money would be his worldview. If you look at pictures of this man you will see that he almost never has a smile on his face, its always a grim demeanor.
The only time ever saw John Rockefeller enthusiastic was when a report came in from the creek that his buyer had secured a cargo of oil at a figure much below the market price. He hounded from his chair with a shout of joy, danced up and down, hugged me, threw up his hat, acted so like a mad man that I had never forgotten it.
He is only excited when he gets his money. He might have been using an interesting type of new drug or something but I doubt that. I would have to say that with the evidence that we have about Rockefeller he would have to answers all of the questions you provided.
Rockefeller call adequately called a Robber Baron Now what is this phrase and what does it mean? In the words of the Reader's Companion to American History a Robber Baron is
(this is a ) disapproving term was used to describe late-nineteenth-century industrialists, especially those who ostentatiously displayed their wealth. The phrase gained widespread popularity as the title of a history published in 1934 by Matthew Josephson in the depths of the Great Depression. It was applied to industrial leaders and corporations of the late nineteenth century, such as Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Steel, John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil, and Cornelius and William Vanderbilt and their railroads Such comments as William Vanderbilt's
This would defiantly give a good definition of who Rockefeller is. "The public be damned!" expressed the scornful attitude that earned the robber barons their unsavory reputation. The only really good thing about Rockefeller was the fact that he was very real. He was at least himself and not trying to live two different lives at once.
Rockefeller was the type of person who could get money and save it. He was not always honest in his dealings with business. Rockefeller was raised in a religious Baptist community but apparently money was a bit more interesting then salvation.
John D Rockefeller had been raised in the strictest Baptist faith, in the paternal farm near Cleveland, Ohio. Greedy since his childhood, he used to buy candies wholesale to resell them to his siblings at a profit. After mandatory school, he works at 16 as an accountant for a grocer in Cleveland, giving the greatest satisfaction to his employer by his diligence. He was the kind of accountant that saw everything and forgot nothing. Rockefeller did not forget this early experiences when he came to run his own business.
I seriously doubt that all of his money was gathered this way. This story, although cute, is not how he got all of his money. He got his money by being very dedicated to his work.
now I would like to actually discuss the ideas in my paper.
you see a friend wanted me to do it for him and he would pay me with food. so I would like to announce my crappiest paper ever written. I didn't explain much at all the simple reason was I didn't need to LOL