CORPORATE ORGANIZATION IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY 1880-1900: Factors in the movement to consolidate -- Illinois Steel Company -- The Carnegie Steel Company -- Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines -- American Steel & Wire Company of New Jersey -- The Morgan Companies -- Shelby Steel Tube Company -- The Moore Group -- IRON AND STEEL CONSUMING INDUSTRIES 1880-1900: The railroads -- Shipbuilding -- Construction -- Oil and gas industries -- Agriculture -- Machinery -- INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN IRON AND STEEL 1880-1900: The tariff and the manufacture of tinplate -- Rail imports decline -- THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW CENTURY: New consuming industries -- Changes in production -- SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS 1900-1920: Iron ore -- Developments in coke production -- FACILITIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IRON AND STEEL 1900-1920: Blast furnace -- Open hearth furnaces -- The Bessemer process -- Electric furnace -- Rolling mills -- Electrification of the steel industry -- THE STEELWORKERS AND THE INDUSTRY'S REORGANIZATION: The Amalgamated Association and the United States Steel Corporation -- Wages, hours, working conditions -- Sources of labor management cooperation -- The role of public opinion -- World War I and its effect on labor relations -- The National Committee for Organizing the Iron and Steel Workers -- The Steel Strike of 1919 -- CORPORATE ORGANIZATION OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY 1900-1920: The United States Steel Corporation 1900-1920 -- Bethlehem Steel Corporation -- Republic Steel Corporation -- National Steel Company -- Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation -- Inland Steel Company -- Armco Steel Corporation -- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company -- THE GROWTH OF STEEL DEMAND AND DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE STEEL CONSUMING INDUSTRIES: The railroad industry -- Automobile industry -- The construction industry -- Machinery and equipment industry 1900-1920 -- Oil and gas industries -- Shipbuilding -- Metal containers -- Agriculture --
DRAMATIC CHANGES IN RAW MATERIALS: Iron ore -- Coal and coke -- TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS IN STEELMAKING FACILITIES: Blast furnaces -- Open hearth -- Electric furnace -- The basic oxygen process -- Continuous casting -- Rolling mills -- LABOR RELATIONS IN THE POSTWAR ERA: Wage negotiations and the Steel Strike of 1946 -- Steel industry labor relations -- The period of effective collective bargaining -- 1956 renegotiation of the steelworkers' basic contracts -- 1959 labor relations crisis -- Labor relations 1960-1968 -- THE SECOND CORPORATE REORGANIZATION IN STEEL: United States Steel Corporation -- Bethlehem Steel Corporation -- Republic Steel Corporation -- National Steel Corporation -- Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation -- Inland Steel Company -- Armco Steel Corporation -- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company -- TRENDS IN THE DEMAND AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STEEL CONSUMING INDUSTRIES: The railroad industry -- The automobile industry -- The construction industry -- The machinery and equipment industry 1945-1970 -- The electrical machinery industry 1945-1969 -- The oil and gas industries -- Shipbuilding industry -- Metal containers -- Agriculture -- Appliances -- Steel service centers -- FOREIGN COMPETITION: Foreign competition -- Imports and specialty steel -- STEEL PRICES
INTRODUCTION THE INDUSTRY PRIOR TO 1860: The iron industry in America prior to 1860 -- Early sources of raw materials -- Early blast furnace developments -- Steel production in America prior to 1860 -- THE INDUSTRY IN 1860: The growth of production from 1860-1880 -- SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS 1860-1880: Iron ore -- Fuel supply -- FACILITIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IRON AND STEEL 1860-1880: Blast furnaces -- The Bessemer steelmaking process -- Rolling mill developments -- GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY 1860-1880: Middle Atlantic states -- The New England states -- The Midwestern states -- Southern states -- Pacific states and territories -- LABOR IN THE TRANSITION FROM IRON TO STEEL: Wage structure of the industry 1860-1880 -- The early unions -- CORPORATE ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY 1860-1880: Phoenix Iron Company -- Cambria Iron Company -- Trenton Iron Company -- Carnegie Steel Company -- Cleveland Rolling Mill Company -- Jones & Laughlin -- Bethlehem Steel Company -- Wheeling Steel Company -- Washburn and Moen Manufacturing -- THE PRINCIPAL IRON AND STEEL CONSUMING INDUSTRIES IN THE UNITED STATES 1860-1880: Railroads -- Machinery -- The construction industry -- Shipbuilding -- Iron and steel in agriculture -- The oil and gas industries -- Metal containers -- THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY 1860-1880: The tariff and the iron and steel industry -- IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION 1880-1900: Sharp growth in wire production 1880-1900 -- Developments in nail production -- Pipes and tubes -- Production by geographic area -- SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS 1880-1900: Iron ore -- Fuel supply -- FACILITIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IRON AND STEEL 1880-1900: Blast furnaces -- Steelmaking facilities -- THE IRONWORKERS AND THE STEELWORKERS IN THE 1880-1900 PERIOD: The Wheeling Strike 1885-1886 -- The Amalgamated Association and its policies -- Carnegie and the early unions -- The Homestead Strike and the Union's defeat --
SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS: Iron ore -- Coke -- FACILITIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IRON AND STEEL: Blast furnaces -- Open hearth -- Electric furnace -- Rolling mills -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA: The Depression and the Steelworkers -- The 1934-1936 Rank-and-File Movement -- The Steel Workers' Organizing Committee -- The U.S. Steel-SWOC Contract of 1937 -- Organization attempts in little steel -- The recession of 1937 -- Little steel signs with the SWOC -- Steel Labor in World War II -- Wage inequities -- THE FIGHT FOR CORPORATE SURVIVAL AND MOBILIZATION FOR WAR: United States Steel Corporation -- Bethlehem Steel Corporation -- Republic Steel Corporation -- National Steel Company -- Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation -- Inland Steel Company -- Armco Steel Corporation -- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company -- SHIFTS IN THE PATTERN OF STEEL CONSUMPTION CAUSED BY ECONOMIC COLLAPSE AND WARTIME REQUIREMENTS: The railroad industry -- The automobile industry -- The construction industry -- The machinery and equipment industry -- The electrical machinery industry -- The oil and gas industries -- The shipbuilding industry -- Metal containers -- Agriculture -- Appliances -- INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY -- THE LAST QUARTER CENTURY: Markets -- Corporate organization -- The mini-mill -- Postwar demand -- Steel supply -- Steel capacity controversy -- Conversion deals -- Postwar steel expansion -- Area development -- State of market 1940 -- Change in capacity in World War II -- The Southern area --
THE AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY'S INTERNATIONAL POSITION 1900-1920: World position at the turn of the century -- Reciprocity causes dissension in the Republican Party -- The export decline of 1901 -- The United States Steel Export Products Company -- United States Steel's blueprint for success in the export business -- United States Steel's pricing policy for exports -- Tariff controversy throughout the decade -- The Tariff Act of 1909 -- Imports of iron and steel 1900-1910 -- Iron and steel exports 1900-1910 -- The period 1910-1920 -- The influence of World War I -- Ferromanganese, tungsten and ferroalloys -- GEOGRAPHIC SHIFTS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY: The Chicago area -- The Pittsburgh area -- The Youngstown area -- The St. Louis area -- The Southern area -- The Eastern area -- SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS: Iron ore -- Coke -- FACILITIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IRON AND STEEL: Blast furnace -- Open hearth -- The electric furnace -- Rolling mills -- LABOR IN A PERIOD OF INDUSTRIAL CALM: The steelworkers in the 1920's -- Employee representation plans -- The Eight Hour Day 1923 -- CORPORATE ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT 1920-1930: United States Steel Corporation -- Bethlehem Steel Corporation -- Republic Steel Corporation -- National Steel Company -- Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation -- Inland Steel Company -- Armco Steel Corporation -- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company -- GROWTH OF STEEL DEMAND AND DEVELOPMENTS AMONG STEEL CONSUMING INDUSTRIES: The railroad industry -- The automobile industry -- The construction industry -- The machinery and equipment industry -- Electrical machinery industry -- The oil and gas industries -- The shipbuilding industry -- Metal containers industry -- The agricultural industry -- The appliance industry -- INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS 1920-1930 -- STEEL PRICES: Steel prices to 1911 -- Steel pricing 1911-1924 -- Steel pricing after 1924 -- A PERIOD OF CHANGE AND FLUCTUATION: Wartime expansion -- Area development --
v. 1. Developments in the iron and steel industry, 1860-1880. Growth of the iron and steel industry, 1880-1900. v. 2. The reorganization of the iron and steel industry, 1900-1920. v. 3. Market growth and new technology, 1920-1930. The steel industry in depression and war, 1930-1945. v. 4-5. The steel industry in a period of world-wide challenge and fundamental change, 1946-1971
