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Dakers Caroline |
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A genius for money [[electronic resource] ] : business, art and the Morrisons / / Caroline Dakers |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
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1 online resource (341 p.) |
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Businessmen - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-313) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- The Family Tree -- Introduction -- 1. Middle Wallop -- 2. The Todds of Fore Street -- 3. Fore Street and the Textiles Trade -- 4. James Morrison, 'the Napoleon of Shopkeepers' -- 5. The Education of a Gentleman (Part One) -- 6. The Education of a Gentleman (Part Two): The Grand Tour -- 7. Into Parliament -- 8. Fonthill -- 9. 57 Harley Street -- 10. In Parliament -- 11. 'The American Project' -- 12. Letters from America, 1841-1845 -- 13. Basildon: Papworth's Last Commission -- 14. Basildon: 'What a Casket to Enclose Pictorial Gems' -- 15. The Final Decade -- 16. Charles Morrison, 1817-1909: 'Statesman in Finance' -- 17. Alfred Morrison, 1821-1897: 'Victorian Maecenas' -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
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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 biography of the richest commoner in England, recounting the details of Morrison's personal life while also placing him in the Victorian age of enterprise that made his success possible. An affectionate husband and father of ten, Morrison made his first fortune in textiles, then a second in international finance. He invested in North American railways, was involved in global trade from |
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Canton to Valparaiso, created hundreds of jobs, and relished the challenges of "the science of business". His success enabled him to acquire land, houses, and works of art on a scale to rival the grandest of aristocrats. |
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UNINA9910792363703321 |
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Shafik Viola <1961-> |
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Popular Egyptian cinema [[electronic resource] ] : gender, class, and nation / / Viola Shafik |
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Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2007 |
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1-61797-010-7 |
1-61797-375-0 |
1-936190-24-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (361 p.) |
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Motion pictures - Egypt |
National characteristics in motion pictures |
Sex role in motion pictures |
Social classes in motion pictures |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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4160530 -- 9789774160530. |
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In this groundbreaking work, film scholar Viola Shafik examines popular and commercial movies from Egypt's film industry, including a number of the biggest box-office hits widely distributed in Egypt and the Arab world. Turning a critical eye on a major player in Egyptian cultural life, Shafik examines these films against the backdrop of the country's overall socio-political development, from the emergence of the film industry in the 1930's, through the Nasser and Sadat eras, up to the era of globalization.In unearthing the largely contradictory meanings conveyed by different films, Popular |
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