The Lords of Creation
The History of America's 1 Percent
A stimulating account of the capitalists who changed America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, setting the stage for the 1929 crash and Great Depression (Kirkus Reviews). In the decades following the Civil War, America entered an era of unprecedented corporate expansion, with ultimate financial power in the hands of a few wealthy industrialists who exploited the system for everything it was worth. The Rockefellers, Fords, Morgans, and Vanderbilts were the lords of creation who, along with like-minded magnates, controlled the economic destiny of the country, unrestrained by regulations or moral imperatives. Through a combination of fo…
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Weitere Autoren: Miller, Mark Crispin (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4976-2264-7
- EAN: 9781497622647
- Produktnummer: 19297284
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 492 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'341 KB
- Reihenbandnummer: 1
Über den Autor
Frederick Lewis Allen (1890–1954) was born in Boston, studied at Groton, and graduated from Harvard in 1912. He was assistant and associate editor of Harper’s Magazine for eighteen years, then the magazine’s sixth editor in chief for twelve years until his death. In addition to The Lords of Creation, Allen was well known for Only Yesterday, Since Yesterday, and The Big Change.
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