The Vanderbilts and the Story of Their Fortune - Couverture rigide

Croffut, W. A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0405069065 ISBN 13 : 9780405069062

Editeur : Arno Pr, 1975

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a history of the Vanderbilt family, with a record of their vicissitudes, and a clironicle of the method by which their wealth has been acquired. It is confidently put forth as a work which should fall into the hands of boys and young men of all who aspire to become Captains of Industry or leaders of their fellows in the sharp and wholesome competitions of life. In preparing these pages, the author has had an ambition, not merely to give a biographical picture of sire, son, and grandsons and descendants, but to consider their relation to society, to measure the significance and the influence of their fortune, to ascertain where their money came from, to inquire whether others are poorer because they are rich, whether they are hindering or promoting civilization, whether they and such as they are itnpediments to the welfare of the human race. A correct answer to these questions will solve half of the problems which most eagerly beset this generation. This story is an analogue of the story of all American successes. When Commodore Vanderbilt visited Europe in 1853 at the head of his family, he seemed to defy classification. He was apparently neither lord nor commoner.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arno Pr
• Date d'édition: 1975
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0405069065
• ISBN 13: 9780405069062
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible