The University of Pittsburgh Press has a few good titles on this subject that include the information being researched. The most interesting is a labor cost comparison of various steelmakers made before the Homestead strike.
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Tom L.
Doug Henwood wrote:
> I just got this request from someone teaching at a high school in Florida.
> If anyone can help out, I'll pass along the info.
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> Doug
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> > i'd like to show them that Carnegie's wealth and
> >"philanthropy" was based on exploiting workers. do you have handy or know of
> >anywhere i could find a breakdown of Carnegie's labor costs, fixed capital
> >costs, and especially profit rate? around the time of the strike 1892 would
> >be ideal. is this in any business history book that you've read?