{"product_id":"9780470917367","title":"Edison to Enron Energy Markets and Political Strategies","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEdison to Enron\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEnergy Markets and Political Strategies\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRobert L. Bradley\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Public Policy \/ Economic Policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe oil industry in the United States has been the subject of innumerable histories. But books on the development of the natural gas industry and the electricity industry in the U.S. are scarce. \u003ci\u003eEdison to Enron\u003c\/i\u003e is a readable flowing history of two of America's largest and most colorful industries.  \u003cp\u003eIt begins with the story of Samuel Insull, a poor boy from England, who started his career as Thomas Edison's right-hand man, then went on his own and became one of America's top industrialists. But when Insull's General Electric's energy empire collapsed during the Great Depression, the hitherto Great Man was denounced and prosecuted and died a pauper. Against that backdrop, the book introduces Ken Lay, a poor boy from Missouri who began his career as an aide to the head of Humble oil, now part of Exxon Mobil. Lay went on to become a Washington bureaucrat and energy regulator and then became the \u003ci\u003ewunderkind\u003c\/i\u003e of the natural gas industry in the 1980s with Enron.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo connect the lives of these two energy giants, \u003ci\u003eEdison to Enron\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader through the flamboyant history of the American energy industry, from Texas wildcatters to the great pipeline builders to the Washington wheeler-dealers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Reviews...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This scholarly work fills in much missing history about two of America's most important industries, electricity and natural gas.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJoseph A. Pratt\u003c\/b\u003e, NEH-Cullen Professor of History and Business, University of Houston\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... a remarkable book on the political inner workings of the U.S. energy industry.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRobert Peltier\u003c\/b\u003e, PE, Editor-in-Chief, \u003ci\u003ePOWER Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a powerful story, brilliantly told.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eForrest McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e, Historian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eROBERT L. BRADLEY JR.\u003c\/b\u003e, a 16-year Enron employee and Ken Lay confidant, is a noted free-market scholar and public-policy entrepreneur. The founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research, Bradley is the author of numerous books and essays on the history and political economy of energy. He is an adjunct scholar of the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.; a visiting fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs in London; and an honorary senior research fellow at the Center for Energy Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2002, he received the Julian Simon Memorial Award for his work on energy and sustainable development.\u003cbr\u003e Bradley lives in Houston and likes to spend time in the beautiful Texas Hill Country.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 October 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Scrivener\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780470917367\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e608\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e34.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310505226380,"sku":"9780470917367","price":54.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780470917367_8a99934a-91e9-4393-884d-191865a07bf4.jpg?v=1780160022","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780470917367","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}