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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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