LEADER 03560nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910962193703321 005 20251117090529.0 010 $a1-61735-501-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040529 035 $a(OCoLC)747412104 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10483491 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540418 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11373251 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540418 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10585768 035 $a(PQKB)11115341 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3315662 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3315662 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10483491 035 $a(OCoLC)923176674 035 $a(BIP)35260524 035 $a(BIP)35260522 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040529 100 $a20110513d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProminent Dutch American entrepreneurs $etheir contributions to American society, culture and economy /$fC. Carl Pegels 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCharlotte, N.C. $cInformation Age Pub.$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (210 p.) 225 1 $aResearch in entrepreneurship and management 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-61735-499-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aDutch American influence on the development and growth of the American economy -- The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- New Netherland and its directors -- Rensselaerswyck and New Netherland -- Colonial era : the Van Cortlandts. 330 $aThe book presents the stories of the more successful Dutch American entrepreneurs, active in the United States, with some going back as far as 400 years. The majority of the entrepreneurs covered in the book were active during the past 150 years. Each of the individuals covered represent an enterprise that was well known during its respective era. In some of the cases the individuals were better known than the enterprises they represented, and some became historic figures. Some of the more famous Dutch American entrepreneurs are Cornelius Vanderbilt, and his son William Vanderbilt, transportation entrepreneurs in the nineteenth century. Also famous during the early nineteenth century was DeWitt Clinton, the driving force behind the building of the Erie Canal. During the twentieth century, there were such famous Dutch American entrepreneurs as Cecil B. DeMille, Darryl Zanuck, and others in the entertainment industry. The most successful entrepreneurs, still alive today, are the billionaire businessmen, the Koch brothers, who own the multibillion dollar Koch Industries, an oil and chemical industry firm. The book's audience consists of academics, the public, and specifically the Dutch American public, numbering from 6 to 10 million people. The book is also an important source book and reader for college courses in Entrepreneurship, American History, Culture, Society and Economy. 410 0$aResearch in entrepreneurship and management. 606 $aBusinessmen$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aEntrepreneurship$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aDutch Americans$vBiography 615 0$aBusinessmen 615 0$aEntrepreneurship$xHistory. 615 0$aDutch Americans 676 $a388.092/33931073 700 $aPegels$b C. Carl$01822005 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962193703321 996 $aProminent Dutch American entrepreneurs$94472541 997 $aUNINA