Men of wealth
Subtitle: the story of twelve significant fortunes from the Renaissance to the present day.
Series: Essay index reprint series
Publisher: Books for Libraries Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Freeport, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 531
Subjects: Capitalists and financiers -- Biography.
Notes: Reprint of the 1941 ed.
Table of contents: title: Fugger the Rich: organizer of capitalism.; title: John Law: money magician.; title: The Rothschilds: imperialist bankers.; title: Interlogue one: Cosimo de' Medici, Sir Thomas Gresham, Jacques Coeur, The art and industry of make-up, Writers as money-makers.; title: Robert Owen: the reformer.; title: Cornelius Vanderbilt: the rail king.; title: Hetty Green: the miser.; title: Interlogue two: Misers, Poverty.; title: Mitsui: the dynast.; title: Cecil Rhodes: empire builder.; title: Basil Zaharoff: the warmaker.; title: Interlogue three: Hugo Stinnes, Land fortunes, Dynastic fortunes.; title: Mark Hanna: the politico.; title: John D. Rockefeller: the builder.; title: J. Pierpont Morgan: the promoter.