History of the Great American Fortunes - Volume I

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• Author: Gustavus Myers
• ISBN: 1230000270383
• Publisher: The Perfect Library
• Publication: September 25, 2014
• Language: English

History of the Great American Fortunes  - Volume I
Gustavus Myers, american journalist and historian  (1872-1942)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- PREFACE
-03- PART I. CONDITIONS IN SETTLEMENT AND COLONIAL TIMES
-04- CHAPTER I. THE GREAT PROPRIETARY ESTATES
-05- CHAPTER II. THE SWAY OF THE LANDGRAVES
-06- CHAPTER III. THE RISE OF THE TRADING CLASS
-07- CHAPTER IV. THE SHIPPING FORTUNES
-08- CHAPTER V. THE SHIPPERS AND THEIR TIMES
-09- CHAPTER VI. GIRARD THE RICHEST OF THE SHIPPERS
-10- PART II. THE GREAT LAND FORTUNES
-11- CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF HUGE CITY ESTATES
-12- CHAPTER II. THE INCEPTION OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
-13- CHAPTER III. THE GROWTH OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
-14- CHAPTER IV. THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
-15- CHAPTER V. THE MOMENTUM OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
-16- CHAPTER VI. THE PROPULSION OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
-17- CHAPTER VII. THE CLIMAX OF THE ASTOR FORTUNE
-18- CHAPTER VIII. OTHER LAND FORTUNES CONSIDERED
-19- CHAPTER IX. THE FIELD FORTUNE IN EXTENSO
-20- CHAPTER X. FURTHER VISTAS OF THE FIELD FORTUNE
-21- FOOTNOTES