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This is the spectacular rags-to-riches story of James Morrison (1789-1857), who began life humbly but through hard work and entrepreneurial brilliance acquired a fortune unequalled in nineteenth-century England. Using the extensive Morrison archive, Caroline Dakers presents the first substantial bio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dakers, Caroline
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Morrison, James, > 1789-1857.
Morrison, James, > 1789-1857
Businessmen > Great Britain > Biography.
Hommes d'affaires > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Business.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Businessmen
Great Britain
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • The Family Tree
  • Introduction
  • Middle Wallop
  • The Todds of Fore Street
  • Fore Street and the Textiles Trade
  • James Morrison, â€?the Napoleon of Shopkeepersâ€?
  • The Education of a Gentleman (Part One)
  • The Education of a Gentleman (Part Two): The Grand Tour
  • Into Parliament
  • Fonthill
  • 57 Harley Street
  • In Parliament
  • â€?The American Projectâ€?
  • Letters from America, 1841â€?1845
  • Basildon: Papworthâ€?s Last Commission
  • Basildon: â€?What a Casket to Enclose Pictorial Gemsâ€?
  • The Final DecadeCharles Morrison, 1817â€?1909: â€?Statesman in Financeâ€?
  • Alfred Morrison, 1821â€?1897: â€?Victorian Maecenasâ€?
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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