City of Steel: How Pittsburgh Became the World's Steelmaking Capital During the Carnegie Era by Ken Kobus

Abstract

So much of Pittsburgh's steel history, from corporate records and machinery to production processes and the factories themselves, has been lost. Over time, the inter-relationships among labor, capital, finance, immigration, technology, and raw materials that gave rise to the Pittsburgh steel industry in the Gilded Age have unraveled. City of Steel seeks to recover this past and explain the initial growth and development of steelmaking in Pittsburgh by focusing on the Carnegie Steel Company.