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The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book
Book

A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side....
 written by journalist
Journalism

Journalism is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and editorial via a widening spectrum of Media . These include newspapers, magazines, radio and television, the internet and, more recently, the cellphone....
 Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller was an United States industrialist and philanthropist. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy....
, the richest figure in America's
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 history. Originally serialized
Serial (literature)

The term "serial" refers to the intrinsic property of a succession — namely, its sequence. In literature, the term is used as a noun to refer to a format by which a story is told in contiguous installments in sequential issues of a single periodical publication....
 in 19 parts in McClure's
McClure's

McClure's or McClure's Magazine was an American illustrated monthly periodical popular at the turn of the 20th century. It was often compared to The Atlantic Monthly....
 magazine, the book was a seminal example of muckraking, and inspired many other journalists to write about trusts
Trust (19th century)

A special trust or business trust is a business entity formed with intent to Monopoly business, to Restraint of trade, or to Price fixing....
, large businesses that (in the absence of strong antitrust
Antitrust

United States antitrust law is the body of laws that prohibits anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices. Antitrust laws are designed to encourage competition in the marketplace....
 law in the 19th century) attempted to gain monopolies
Monopoly

In economics, a monopoly exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it....
 in various industries.

The History of the Standard Oil Company was credited with hastening the breakup of Standard Oil, which came about in 1911.

The original book was a two volume hardcover set.






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The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book
Book

A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side....
 written by journalist
Journalism

Journalism is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and editorial via a widening spectrum of Media . These include newspapers, magazines, radio and television, the internet and, more recently, the cellphone....
 Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller was an United States industrialist and philanthropist. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy....
, the richest figure in America's
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 history. Originally serialized
Serial (literature)

The term "serial" refers to the intrinsic property of a succession — namely, its sequence. In literature, the term is used as a noun to refer to a format by which a story is told in contiguous installments in sequential issues of a single periodical publication....
 in 19 parts in McClure's
McClure's

McClure's or McClure's Magazine was an American illustrated monthly periodical popular at the turn of the 20th century. It was often compared to The Atlantic Monthly....
 magazine, the book was a seminal example of muckraking, and inspired many other journalists to write about trusts
Trust (19th century)

A special trust or business trust is a business entity formed with intent to Monopoly business, to Restraint of trade, or to Price fixing....
, large businesses that (in the absence of strong antitrust
Antitrust

United States antitrust law is the body of laws that prohibits anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices. Antitrust laws are designed to encourage competition in the marketplace....
 law in the 19th century) attempted to gain monopolies
Monopoly

In economics, a monopoly exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it....
 in various industries.

The History of the Standard Oil Company was credited with hastening the breakup of Standard Oil, which came about in 1911.

The original book was a two volume hardcover set. A briefer paperback edition was also released later.

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