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Titolo: Prince of Darkness Condizione: Nuovo Subtítulos: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire ISBN-10: 1250099811 EAN: 9781250099815 ISBN: 9781250099815 Publisher: St Martin's Press Formato: Tascabile Data di pubblicazione: 04/10/2016 Description: In the middle decades of the nineteenth century Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a well-known figure on Wall Street. Cornelius Vanderbilt, America's first tycoon, came to respect, grudgingly, his onetime opponent. The day after Vanderbilt's death on January 4, 1877, an obituary acknowledged that "There was only one man who ever fought the Commodore to the end, and that was Jeremiah Hamilton." Hamilton, although his origins were lowly, possibly slave, was reportedly the richest black man in the United States, possessing a fortune of $2 million, or in excess of two hundred and $50 million in today's currency. In this ground-breaking and vivid account, eminent historian Shane White reveals the larger than life story of a man who defied every convention of his time. He wheeled and dealed in the lily white business world, he married a white woman, he bought a mansion in rural New Jersey, he owned railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride, and generally set his white contemporaries teeth on edge when he wasn't just plain outsmarting them.An important contribution to American history, the Hamilton's life offers a way into considering, from the unusual perspective of a black man. Lingua: inglese Paese di origine: US Altezza: 208mm Lunghezza: 139mm Larghezza: 25mm Peso: 316g Autore: Shane White Genere: Business & Finance Soggetto: Biography, History Title Format: Paperback Anno di pubblicazione: 2016
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