History of the Great American Fortunes - Volume I

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