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The Good Rich and What They Cost Us

The Curious History of Wealth, Inequality, and American Democracy

By: Robert F. Dalzell

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The Good Rich and What They Cost Us

The Curious History of Wealth, Inequality, and American Democracy

By: Robert F. Dalzell

Discusses whether or not it is possible for a democracy to include a tiny group of citizens who are vastly richer everyone else.

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Yale University Press

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0300175590

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9780300175592

The House the Rockefellers Built

A Tale of Money, Taste, and Power in Twentieth-Century America

By: Robert F. Dalzell,Lee Baldwin Dalzell

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The House the Rockefellers Built

A Tale of Money, Taste, and Power in Twentieth-Century America

By: Robert F. Dalzell,Lee Baldwin Dalzell

What it was like to be as rich as Rockefeller: How a house gave shape and meaning to three generations of an iconic American family One hundred years ago America's richest man established a dynastic seat, the granite-clad Kykuit, high above the Hudson River. Though George Vanderbilt's 255-room Biltmore had recently put the American country house on the money map, John D. Rockefeller, who detested ostentation, had something simple in mind—at least until his son John Jr. and his charming wife, Abby, injected a spirit of noblesse oblige into the equation. Built to honor the senior Rockefeller, the house would also become the place above all others that anchored the family's memories. There could never be a better picture of the Rockefellers and their ambitions for the enormous fortune Senior had settled upon them. The authors take us inside the house and the family to observe a century of building and rebuilding—the ebb and flow of events and family feelings, the architecture and furnishings, the art and the gardens. A complex saga, The House the Rockefellers Built is alive with surprising twists and turns that reveal the tastes of a large family often sharply at odds with one another about the fortune the house symbolized.

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Macmillan + ORM

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146685166X

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9781466851665

Enterprising Elite

The Boston Associates and the World They Made

By: Robert F. Dalzell

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Enterprising Elite

The Boston Associates and the World They Made

By: Robert F. Dalzell

More than any other single group of individuals, the Boston Associates were responsible for the sweeping economic transformation that occurred in New England between 1815 and 1861. Through the use of the corporate form, they established an extensive network of modern business enterprises that were among the largest of the time. Their most notable achievement was the development of the Waltham-Lowell system in the textile industry, but they were also active in transportation, banking, and insurance, and at the same time played a major role in philanthropy and politics. Evaluating each of these efforts in turn and placing the Associates in the context of the society and culture that produced them, the author convincingly explains the complex motives that led the group to undertake initiatives on so many different fronts. Dalzell shows that men like Francis Cabot Lowell, Nathan Appleton, and Amos and Abbott Lawrence are best understood as transitional figures. Although they used modern methods when it suited their interest, they were most concerned with protecting the positions they had already won at the top of a traditional social order. Thus, for all the innovations they sponsored, their commitment to change remained both partial and highly selective. And while something very like an industrial revolution did occur in New England during the nineteenth century, paradoxically the Associates neither sought nor welcomed it. On the contrary, as time passed they became increasingly preoccupied with combating the forces of change. In addition to the light it sheds on a crucial chapter of business history, this gracefully written study offers fresh insights into the role and attitudes of elites during the period. Furthermore it contradicts some of the prevailing thought about entrepreneurial behavior in the early phases of industrialization in America.

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Harvard University Press

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0674257650

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9780674257658

George Washington's Mount Vernon: At Home in Revolutionary America

By: Robert F. Dalzell,Lee Baldwin Dalzell

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George Washington's Mount Vernon: At Home in Revolutionary America

By: Robert F. Dalzell,Lee Baldwin Dalzell

George Washington's Mount Vernon brings together--for the first time--the details of Washington's 45-year endeavor to build and perfect Mount Vernon. In doing so it introduces us to a Washington few of his contemporaries knew, and one little noticed by historians since. Here we meet the planter/patriot who also genuinely loved building, a man passionately human in his desire to impress on his physical surroundings the stamp of his character and personal beliefs. As chief architect and planner of the countless changes made at Mount Vernon over the years, Washington began by imitating accepted models of fashionable taste, but as time passed he increasingly followed his own ideas. Hence, architecturally, as the authors show, Mount Vernon blends the orthodox and the innovative in surprising ways, just as the new American nation would. Equally interesting is the light the book sheds on the process of building at Mount Vernon, and on the people--slave and free--who did the work. Washington was a demanding master, and in their determination to preserve their own independence his workers often clashed with him. Yet, as the Dalzells argue, that experience played a vital role in shaping his hopes for the future of American society--hope that embraced in full measure the promise of the revolution in which he had led his fellow citizens. George Washington's Mount Vernon thus compellingly combines the two sides of Washington's life--the public and the private--and uses the combination to enrich our understanding of both. Gracefully written, with more than 80 photographs, maps, and engravings, the book tells a fascinating story with memorable insight.

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Oxford University Press

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0199923752

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9780199923755

George Washington's Mount Vernon

At Home in Revolutionary America

By: Robert F. Dalzell Jr.,Lee Baldwin Dalzell

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At Home in Revolutionary America

By: Robert F. Dalzell Jr.,Lee Baldwin Dalzell

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Oxford University Press

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0199761051

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9780199761050

The American Presidents, Washington to Tyler

What They Did, What They Said, What Was Said About Them, with Full Source Notes

By: Robert A. Nowlan

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The American Presidents, Washington to Tyler

What They Did, What They Said, What Was Said About Them, with Full Source Notes

By: Robert A. Nowlan

As of 2012, only 43 men have held the office of the President of the United States. Some have been sanctified and some reviled. This historical work addresses the careers of the first ten presidents, men who made vital contributions not only to the office of the presidency, but to the course of the fledgling nation. From Washington through Tyler, every term is recounted in detail and each presidential profile provides as many as a hundred quotations (with full source notes) by the president, his friends, family, historians, and others. Each profile ends with an extensive bibliography of books about the president, his principles and policies, and also provides suggestion for further reading. Rigorously nonpartisan in approach, this detail-rich text describes the early years of what may well be one of the most demanding jobs in the world.

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McFarland

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1476601186

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9781476601182

American Patent Law

A Business and Economic History

By: Robert P. Merges

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American Patent Law

A Business and Economic History

By: Robert P. Merges

Students and established scholars of intellectual property law often look for historical context when trying to understand the development and present-day contours of IP rules and systems. American Patent Law supplies this context, offering readers a comprehensive account of the evolution of the US patent system and patent doctrine beginning in 1790. From the technologies for harvesting wood and shoemaking in the earliest periods to computer software and biotechnology of the present, each chapter of the book covers the characteristic technologies of each historical era. The book also describes how businesspeople in each era acquired and enforced patents and used patents as the foundation of various business arrangements. This book is a landmark in the history of technologies, the US patent system, and the way private actors have deployed patents across American history.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009302736

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America

Past and Present to 1877

By: George W Littlefield Professor of American History Robert A Divine,Robert A. Divine,William Smith Mason Professor of American History T H Breen,George M. Fredrickson,R. Hal Williams,Ariela J. Gross,H. W. Brands,Distinguished Professor of History Randy Roberts,Edgar E Robinson Professor of United States History Emeritus George M Fredrickson,Professor of Law Ariela J Gross

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America

Past and Present to 1877

The Primary Sources Edition of America Past and Present integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one rich chronological narrative and includes two to three primary sources per chapter with critical thinking questions for each source. This edition features all of the strengths found in the successful comprehensive text: a compelling narrative, clear organization, and exceptional pedagogy. An attractive four-color design highlighted with numerous maps and photos will engage students and instructors alike.

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Longman Publishing Group

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0321365720

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9780321365729

The Good Rich and What They Cost Us

The Curious History of Wealth, Inequality, and American Democracy

By: Robert F. Dalzell

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The Good Rich and What They Cost Us

The Curious History of Wealth, Inequality, and American Democracy

By: Robert F. Dalzell

Discusses whether or not it is possible for a democracy to include a tiny group of citizens who are vastly richer everyone else.

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The Good Rich and What They Cost Us

The Good Rich and What They Cost Us

The House the Rockefellers Built

The House the Rockefellers Built

Enterprising Elite

Enterprising Elite

George Washington's Mount Vernon: At Home in Revolutionary America

George Washington's Mount Vernon: At Home in Revolutionary America

George Washington's Mount Vernon

George Washington's Mount Vernon

The American Presidents, Washington to Tyler

The American Presidents, Washington to Tyler

American Patent Law

American Patent Law

America

America

The Good Rich and What They Cost Us

The Good Rich and What They Cost Us

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