Henry J. Kaiser : Builder in the Modern American West /

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In the 1940s Henry J. Kaiser was a household name, as familiar then as Warren Buffett and Donald Trump are now. Like a Horatio Alger hero, Kaiser rose from lower-middle-class origins to become an enormously wealthy entrepreneur, building roads, bridges, dams, and housing. He established giant busine...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Foster, Mark S. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Goetzmann, William H. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Temas:
Kaiser, Henry J.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Roots
  • 2. Launching a Career
  • 3. Taming the Wilderness-Roads
  • 4. Taming the Wilderness-Dams
  • 5. Patriot in Pinstripes-Shipbuilding
  • 6. Man of Steel
  • 7. Creating an Image
  • 8. Planning for a Postwar World
  • 9. Debacle in Detroit
  • 10. Venturing Abroad
  • 11. Cargo Planes and Government Investigations
  • 12. Light Metals-Heavy Profits
  • 13. Kaiser and the Doctors
  • 14. Boss
  • 15. Global Development and a Pacific Paradise
  • 16. The Sunset Years
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliographic Note
  • Index

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