John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance in the Early Republic

by Haeger, John Denis

First Edition

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Book desription: Detroit, MI, U.S.A: Wayne State University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. A biography of John Jacob Astor that uses his life and career as a merchant, fur trader, and land speculator as vehicles for examining several important themes and issues in American economic and urban development between 1790 and 1860; it addresses in detail Astor's business endeavors, his extensive connections with the country's dominant political figures, and the "modern" business strategies and managerial techniques he used to build his business empire; includes tables and illustrations (tan cloth with black lettering, tan dust jacket, slight crease along spine, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

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