Michael Owens and the Glass Industry

Preface and Acknowledgments 9 Chapter 1 The Glass Age 13 Chapter 2 American Glass: Libbey 47 Chapter 3 Michael Owens: The Irish-American Glassmaker 65 Chapter 4 Libbey Brings His Company to Toledo 93 Chapter 5 Toledo: The Glass City 109 Chapter 6 Owens: The Last of the Victorian Managers 123 Chapter 7 Edison's Light Bulb Lights the Way 145 Chapter 8 The Columbian Exhibition of 1893 163 Chapter 9 The Owens Breakthrough 183 Chapter 10 Owens: The Revolutionary 203 Chapter 11 Owens: The Industrialist 243 Chapter 12 The Taming of the Lion 269 Chapter 13 The Owens Legacy 297 Notes 305 Bibliography 311 Index 313