Robber barons
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Robber baron may mean:
- Robber baronRobber baronA robber baron or robber knight was an unscrupulous and despotic nobility of the medieval period in Europe, for example, Berlichingen. It has slightly different meanings in different countries. In modern US parlance, the term is also used to describe unscrupulous industrialists...
, German nobles who levied illegal tolls in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries - Robber baron (industrialist)Robber baron (industrialist)Robber baron is a pejorative term used for a powerful 19th century American businessman. By the 1890s the term was used to attack any businessman who used questionable practices to become wealthy...
, a pejorative term for certain 19th to early 20th century American industrialists- The Robber Barons (book), a 1934 book about the American industrialists by Matthew JosephsonMatthew JosephsonMatthew Josephson was an American journalist and author of works on nineteenth-century French literature and twentieth-century American economic history.-Biography:...
- The Robber Barons (book), a 1934 book about the American industrialists by Matthew Josephson
- The Robber Barons (band)The Robber Barons (band)The Robber Barons were an alternative country band based in San Francisco, California . Its members included Alex Holderness on bass, Nik Edwards on electric guitar , Kevin Johnson on acoustic guitar, Jeff Kingman on drums, and William Earl on electric guitar, with Edwards, Johnson, and Earl...
, an alternative country band from San Francisco, California - Robber Baron MusicRobber Baron MusicRobber Baron Music is an American based digital record label. It specializes in using digital technology in artist development, digital promotion, fanbase building/tracking, and p2p marketing.-Beginnings:...
, a record label