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John Jacob Astor : America's first multimillionaire /

A riveting biography of John Jacob Astor, the first American multinational entrepreneur. At his death in 1848, John Jacob Astor was the richest man in the United States. Ruthless, tight fisted but with an amazing gift for organizing businesses, Astor built an empire that spanned the commercial world...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Madsen, Axel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : John Wiley & Sons, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • John Jacob Astor
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Hard Years
  • 2 Flutes and Miss Todd
  • 3 Into the Woods
  • 4 Politics
  • 5 Rounding Out the Century
  • 6 China Profits
  • 7 Realpolitik
  • 8 Punqua Wingchong
  • 9 Family
  • 10 The Good Ship Enterprise
  • 11 A Perfect Triangle
  • 12 Outbound
  • 13 The Hunt Journey
  • 14 No News
  • 15 Mr. Madison 's War
  • 16 "So Long as I Have a Dollar "
  • 17 John Jacob Astor & Son
  • 18 Paris
  • 19 This Land Is My Land
  • 20 Estimable Grand-Papa
  • 21 The Bigger Picture
  • 22 Writing about It
  • 23 A Third Fortune
  • 24 Richest Man in America
  • 25 Heirs and Graces
  • Notes
  • Bibliography.