John Jacob Astor [[electronic resource] ] : America's first multimillionaire / / Axel Madsen

• Autore: Madsen Axel
• Pubblicazione: New York, : John Wiley, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 380.1/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Businesspeople - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Economic conditions To 1865
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-306) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: John Jacob Astor; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Hard Years; 2 Flutes and Miss Todd; 3 Into the Woods; 4 Politics; 5 Rounding Out the Century; 6 China Profits; 7 Realpolitik; 8 Punqua Wingchong; 9 Family; 10 The Good Ship Enterprise; 11 A Perfect Triangle; 12 Outbound; 13 The Hunt Journey; 14 No News; 15 Mr.Madison 's War; 16 "So Long as I Have a Dollar "; 17 John Jacob Astor &Son; 18 Paris; 19 This Land Is My Land; 20 Estimable Grand-Papa; 21 The Bigger Picture; 22 Writing about It; 23 A Third Fortune; 24 Richest Man in America; 25 Heirs and Graces; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: On The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors:""A well-written biography.""-New York Times On Stanwyck: The Life and Times of Barbara Stanwyck:""Madsen's admirably researched, insightful portrait of her aloof nature . . . reveals she was always torn between her wish to give of herself and her need to be in control.""-Christian Science Monitor On Chanel: A Woman of Her Own:""Fascinating . . . . Takes the reader behind the coromandel veneers of Chanel's life.""-New York Times Book Review""Carefully knits together the complex pattern of Chanel's
• Titolo autorizzato: John Jacob Astor
• ISBN: 1-280-34096-7; 9786610340965; 0-470-24294-9; 0-471-00935-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779928903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II