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100 1 $aPratt, Joseph A.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80012454
245 10 $aBuilders :$bHerman and George R. Brown /$cJoseph A. Pratt and Christopher J. Castaneda.
260 $aCollege Station :$bTexas A&M University Press,$c[1999], ©1999.
300 $axxi, 326 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-309) and index.
505 00 $tPreface: The Brown Brothers --$gPt. 1.$tRoots of Success, 1892-32.$gCh. 1.$tFamily Background.$gCh. 2.$tRoad Builders --$gPt. 2.$tLaying Foundations in Depression and War, 1932-45.$gCh. 3.$tPublic Works and the Marshall Ford Dam.$gCh. 4.$tDefense Contractor --$gPt. 3.$tThe Browns in the Postwar Boom, 1945-62.$gCh. 5.$tDiversifying into Texas Eastern.$gCh. 6.$tBrown & Root's Postwar Diversification.$gCh. 7.$tBuilding Circles of Influence.$gCh. 8.$tBuilding Universities --$gPt. 4.$tGeorge Alone, 1962-83.$gCh. 9.$tBusiness after Herman's Death.$gCh. 10.$tInnovations in Philanthropy.$gCh. 11.$tLegacies.
520 $aHerman and George R. Brown, formidable figures in the construction industry and Texas politics, made a unique business team. Practical and decisive Herman, a builder by nature, and university trained, soft-spoken George, a natural salesperson, combined their individual strengths with their shared work ethic and ambition to develop Brown & Root, a company that began by building roads and grew into a diversified international construction company.
520 8 $aBuilders serves both as a history of their careers and as an examination of business life in mid-twentieth-century America.
520 8 $aIn addition to examining Herman and George Brown's business accomplishments, Joseph A. Pratt and Christopher J. Castaneda also address the political influence and antiunionism associated with the Brown name. The authors present a balanced account of both the Browns' treatment of workers and their longtime relationship with Lyndon Baines Johnson.
520 8 $aBuilders also traces the brothers' philanthropy, including the work of the Brown Foundation, through which George in particular contributed to the development of educational and cultural institutions. This biography is sure to interest students and enthusiasts of both business and Texas history.
600 10 $aBrown, Herman,$d1892-1962.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98056043
600 10 $aBrown, George R.,$d1898-1983.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98056046
610 20 $aBrown & Root, Inc.$xHistory.
650 0 $aOffshore oil field equipment industry$zTexas$xHistory.
650 0 $aOffshore gas field equipment industry$zTexas$xHistory.
650 0 $aConstruction industry$zTexas$xHistory.
650 0 $aBusinessmen$zTexas$vBiography.
700 1 $aCastaneda, Christopher James,$d1959-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92064175
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