Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. 1. Yeoman Farmer Home From the War 3
5. 2. Beginning Anew in 1865: The Early Phase ofW. Duke, Sons and Company 11
6. 3. James B. Duke, The Bonsack Cigarette Machine, and the Origins of the American Tobacco Company 26
7. 4. Building a Commercial Empire: The American Tobacco Company, 1890-1904 56
8. 5. "Durham is on the way to heaven rejoicing": Early Philanthropy of the Dukes 82
9. 6. "Trinity College is the best institution of learning in the South" : The Philanthropic Pattern Takes Shape 97
10. 7. New Myths for Old: The Dukes and the Textile Industry of North Carolina 122
11. 8. A Time of Troubles-And Splendor on Fifth Avenue 152
12. 9. Electric Power for the Piedmont Region of the Carolinas 177
13. 10. The Philanthropic Culmination: The Establishment of The Duke Endowment 199
14. 11. The Launching of Duke University and the Deaths of the Duke Brothers 233
15. A Note on the Sources 261
16. Appendix-James B. Duke's Indenture Creating The Duke Endowment 268
17. Index 281