The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0027A3FZI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 492 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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The story adds an immediacy to the past, showing how close any one of us is to great historical events.(Photo © Joanne Chan). Second, the last serious biography about him was written in 1942. He was a visionary who pioneered business models. I found so much new material that I decided to include a lengthy bibliographical essay.Q:Throughout the book, you highlight Vanderbilt's role in the making of the modern idea of economic regulation. We see Vanderbilt help to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation—in fact, as T. Book Description A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism.Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon. It’s hard to sa
Where did corporations come from? Mal Warwick Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for NonfictionHe was the original “robber baron.” Other familiar names associated with the nineteenth century — John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan — were young men in the early days of their careers when he was at the peak of his fame. Following the Civil War, he became the richest person in American history, and to this day remains the second-richest, bested . The Invention of US Capitalism Allegrippus Painstaking, comprehensive, and engrossing account of Commodore Vanderbilt's life and his role in the experimental formulation of business practices in the United States. Starting as a shrewd, pugnacious, driven, self-disciplined, and uncommonly industrious ferryboat operator between his native Staten Island and New York City, he helped his employer combat the monopolistic State franchises favoring privileged colonial patricians, thereby incurring their p. Tediously Fascinating While this magnum opus about the life and values of the original tycoon is a fascinating read, it is the underlying context that makes this book particularly remarkable.How the nation's economic policy, regulatory necessities, cultural transformation played out during that century - in part due to Vanderbilt's doings - is an important context to understand.The book is awfully tedious and the author's naive attempts at creating cliffhangers (" If only he k
NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDIn this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, the combative man and American icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create modern capitalism. Epic in its scope and success, the life of Vanderbilt is also the story of the rise of America itself.. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, The First Tycoon describes an improbable life, from Vanderbilt’s humble birth during the presidency of George Washington to his death as one of the richest men in American history. In between we see how the Commodore helped to launch the transportation revolution,