Author:

Skrabec, Quentin R  Search this

Subject:

Owens, Michael Joseph 1859-1923  Search this

Physical description:

320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Type:

Biography

Place:

United States

Date:

2007

©2007

Contents:

The glass age -- American glass : Libbey -- Michael Owens : the Irish glassmaker -- Libbey brings his company to Toledo -- Toledo : the glass city -- Owens : the last of the Victorian managers -- Edison's light bulb lights the way -- The Columbian Exhibition of 1893 -- The Owens revolution -- Owens : the revolutionary -- Owens: the industrialist -- The taming of the lions -- The Owens legacy

Topic:

Industrialists  Search this

Inventors  Search this

Glass trade  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1101509