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Titan and Rockefellers rise and AOLs tech clash
Book reviewer David Kinchen outlines Ron Chernow’s Titan, detailing John D Rockefeller Sr.’s rise from poverty to oil empire and the lasting impact on American capitalism. The piece also covers Swisher’s AOL profile and Gates versus Case in the online service era with notes on industry battles and historical context.
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Ara Swisher
Ad.com
Microsoft
Bill Gates
America Online
Steve Case
Gates
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Ron Chernow
Titan
Random House
Seattle
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Upstate
New York
William Avery
Doc” Rockefeller
William
Lucy
Franklin
Mary Ann
Chernow
Allan Nevins
Rockefeller Archive Center
William O. Inglis
Standard Oil Co
Henry Flagler
William Rockefeller
Cleveland
Standard Oil
Combine
West
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Camden
Baltimore
B&o
JDR Sr
Supreme Court
Eliza Davison Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Rockefeller University
Spelman College
Atlanta
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
U.S
Max Weber
OPEC
Doc
Eliza
Freeport
Ill
William Levingston
America
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Simon Flexner
Aol.com
Times Business
Swisher
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
AOL
Jan Brandt
Robert Pittman
MTV
Wall Street
At&t
WSJ
Times Mirror
Knight-Ridder
Prodigy
CompuServe
Genie
West Virginia
American Online Inc
David Kinchen
Register-Herald
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