Nasaw, the meticulous researcher and keen analyst whose extensive study of Andrew Carnegie made the self-titled book a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the winner of the New York Historical Society Prize in American History, presents an altogether different Andrew Carnegie. Nasaw’s lecture “The Continuing Relevancy of Andrew Carnegie’s Legacy” is “not the one we are familiar with, not the genius of iron and steel, not the founder of scientific philanthropy, not the builder of libraries and institutions, not the brilliant writer and social philosopher of capitalism.” The event also marked the eve of the 100 th anniversary of the construction of the Peace Palace, which was funded by Andrew Carnegie as a symbol of his goal of achieving world peace. David Nasaw, author of Andrew Carnegie (The Penguin Press, 2006), was the featured speaker at a seminar on August 30 th at the Peace Palace in The Hague, reflecting on the centennials of Carnegie Corporation of New York, a philanthropic foundation, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an international think tank.
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