Men of wealth : the story of twelve significant fortunes from the Renaissance to the present day
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Men of wealth : the story of twelve significant fortunes from the Renaissance to the present day
（Essay index reprint series）
Books for Libraries Press, [1971]
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Reprint of the 1941 ed
Contents of Works
- Fugger the Rich: organizer of capitalism
- John Law: money magician
- The Rothschilds: imperialist bankers
- Interlogue one: Cosimo de' Medici, Sir Thomas Gresham, Jacques Coeur, The art and industry of make-up, Writers as money-makers
- Robert Owen: the reformer
- Cornelius Vanderbilt: the rail king
- Hetty Green: the miser
- Interlogue two: Misers, Poverty
- Mitsui: the dynast
- Cecil Rhodes: empire builder
- Basil Zaharoff: the warmaker
- Interlogue three: Hugo Stinnes, Land fortunes, Dynastic fortunes
- Mark Hanna: the politico
- John D. Rockefeller: the builder
- J. Pierpont Morgan: the promoter