John G. Johnson : Lawyer and Art Collector, 1841-1917 /
This is the first attempt to put this remarkable, nationally famous figure between the covers of a book. His career is traced, step by step, from his humble birth, through his rapid rise in legal circles, to the crowning rewards of his later years when he was considered the most brilliant corporatio...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2016]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Illustrations
- I. The Johnsons of Chestnut Hill
- II. The Central High School
- III. The Rush Office
- IV. The Bar and the Crisis
- V. The War Comes to the Law Academy
- VI. The Wars of the Grandfathers
- VII. The Great Popularity
- VIII. Where There's a Will
- IX. The Panic of 1873
- X. Marriage
- XI. For Lawyers Only
- XII. The Bar Sheds Its Ruffles
- XIII. Libel and Forgery Make Headlines
- XIV. Disunion in the Union League
- XV. The Family Grows Up
- XVI. Tremendous Trifles and Some Damned Dead Horses
- XVII. Building an Art Collection
- XVIII. A Merger in Sugar
- XIX. Leader of the Bar
- XX. Mr. Johnson Goes into Conference
- XXI. The Northern Securities Case
- XXII. Bills of Divorcement
- XXIII. Dissolutions in Oil and Tobacco
- XXIV. The Private Gallery of Esquire Johnson
- XXV. The United States against the Steel Corporation
- XXVI. An Arch-Monopolist Grows Old
- XXVII. A Man to Remember
- XXVIII. A Legacy and an Art Heritage
- XXIX. The Legend and the Tradition
- XXX. A Question Unanswered
- Bibliography
- Index