The early years and the decline of the anthracite iron industry -- The establishment and growth of iron and steel making in Bethlehem -- Failure in commercial steels, 1880-1899 -- Armaments and ores -- Reorganizing and redirecting Bethlehem Steel -- War materiel, ships, and commercial products,...

Big Steel is the first comprehensive history of the company at the center of America's twentieth-century industrial life--the United States Steel Corporation. Granted unprecedented access to the U.S. Steel archives, Warren tells the compelling history of this business.