First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His -- and the Nation's -- Prosperity - Couverture rigide

Lengel, Edward G.

 
9780306823473: First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His -- and the Nation's -- Prosperity
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ISBN 10 : 0306823470 ISBN 13 : 9780306823473
Editeur : Grand Central Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

The United States was conceived in business, founded on business, and operated as a business -- all because of the entrepreneurial mind of the greatest American businessman of any generation: George Washington.

Using Washington's extensive but often overlooked financial papers, Edward G. Lengel chronicles the fascinating and inspiring story of how this self-educated man built the Mount Vernon estate into a vast multilayered enterprise and prudently managed meager resources to win the war of independence. Later, as president, he helped establish the national economy on a solid footing and favorably positioned the nation for the Industrial Revolution. Washington's steadfast commitment to the core economic principles of probity, transparency, careful management, and calculated boldness are timeless lessons that should inspire and instruct investors even today.

First Entrepreneur will transform how ordinary Americans think about George Washington and how his success in commercial enterprise influenced and guided the emerging nation.

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À propos de l?auteur

Edward G. Lengel is a military historian, battlefield tour guide, and travel enthusiast who has published award-winning books on World War I and the Revolutionary War, including To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918, and Thunder and Flames: Americans in the Crucible of Combat, 1917-1918. He has contributed articles for Military History, Military History Quarterly, American Heritage, and American History, and appears frequently on television and radio, including the History Channel, NPR, and other networks.

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Éditeur
Grand Central Publishing
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0306823470
ISBN 13 
9780306823473
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
296
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Personne responsable
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