In Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business, author and scholar Harold C. Livesay examines the life and legacy of one of the greatest captains of industry and philanthropists in the history of the United States. This best-selling biography offers readers a lively and compelling portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest businessmen, while also providing them with an avenue to explore industrialism, capitalism, and the rise of big business.

In this biography, author and scholar Harold C. Livesay examines the life and legacy of Andrew Carnegie, one of the greatest captains of industry and philanthropists in the history of the United States.

Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography Series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.