The Rise Of The Nouveaux Riches
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The Rise Of The Nouveaux Riches
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Author : Joseph Mordaunt Crook
language : en
Publisher: John Murray Pubs Limited
Release Date : 1999
The Rise Of The Nouveaux Riches written by Joseph Mordaunt Crook and has been published by John Murray Pubs Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.
There have been many books about Victorian and Edwardian houses, but this is the first to concentrate on the taste of the nouveaux riches. Not just the rich but the very rich: those who grew immensely wealthy in the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution. Cotton, shipping, steel, real estate, diamonds, chemicals, banking, the stock market -- that was how they made their money. But what did they do with it? Where and how did they live? J. Mordaunt Crook, one of Britain's leading architectural historians, describes the houses of the richest of the new rich -- the Rothschilds, the Guinnesses, the Beits and the Brasseys, the Barings, the Wernhers, the Tennants, the Sassoons -- and explains the economic and social context that sustained their extraordinary lifestyles. In effect, he tells the story of the remaking of the British ruling class. Enhanced with numerous photos as well as excerpts from novels, diaries, and memoirs.
Plutocrats
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Author : Chrystia Freeland
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-10-25
Plutocrats written by Chrystia Freeland and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-25 with Business & Economics categories.
Forget the 1% - it's time to get to grips with the 0.1% ... There has always been some gap between rich and poor, but it has never been wider - and now the rich are getting wealthier at such breakneck speed that the middle classes are being squeezed out. While the wealthiest 10% of Americans, for example, receive half the nation's income, the real money flows even higher up, in the top 0.1%. As a transglobal class of highly successful professionals, these self-made oligarchs often have more in common with one another than with their own countrymen. But how is this happening, and who are the people making it happen? Chrystia Freeland, acclaimed business journalist and Global Editor-at-Large of Reuters, has unprecedented access to the richest and most successful people on the planet, from Davos to Dubai, and dissects their lives with intelligence, empathy and objectivity. Pacily written and powerfully researched, Plutocrats could not provide a more timely insight into the current state of Capitalism and its most wealthy players. 'A superb piece of reportage ... a tremendous illumination' (New Statesman on Freeland's previous title, Sale of the Century)
The Rise Of Today S Rich And Super Rich
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Author : Roy C. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Beard Books
Release Date : 2004-12
The Rise Of Today S Rich And Super Rich written by Roy C. Smith and has been published by Beard Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of some of America'sl eading billionaires and how they made their fortunes.
Plutocrats
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Author : Chrystia Freeland
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-10-11
Plutocrats written by Chrystia Freeland and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-11 with Business & Economics categories.
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize There has always been some gap between rich and poor in this country, but recently what it means to be rich has changed dramatically. Forget the 1 percent—Plutocrats proves that it is the wealthiest 0.1 percent who are outpacing the rest of us at breakneck speed. Most of these new fortunes are not inherited, amassed instead by perceptive businesspeople who see themselves as deserving victors in a cutthroat international competition. With empathy and intelligence, Plutocrats reveals the consequences of concentrating the world’s wealth into fewer and fewer hands. Propelled by fascinating original interviews with the plutocrats themselves, Plutocrats is a tour de force of social and economic history, the definitive examination of inequality in our time.
Aspects Of The Rise Of Economic Individualism
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Author : Hector Menteith Robertson
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1959
Aspects Of The Rise Of Economic Individualism written by Hector Menteith Robertson and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Capitalism categories.
Rich Britain
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Author : Stewart Lansley
language : en
Publisher: Politico's Publishing
Release Date : 2006
Rich Britain written by Stewart Lansley and has been published by Politico's Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.
Stewart Lansley explores the tearaway growth in the rich, among bankers, company directors as well as entrepreneurs and the traditional landowners. Offering well-researched details and information, it provides an insight into the remarkable economic shift taking place in Britain.
Anxious Wealth
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Author : John Osburg
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2013-04-03
Anxious Wealth written by John Osburg and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-03 with Social Science categories.
An ethnographic study of China’s new elites and their rarified world of debauchery and corruption: “A must have book for China studies” (Choice). This pioneering investigation reveals the private lives—and the nightlives—of the powerful entrepreneurs and managers redefining success and status in the Chinese city of Chengdu. For more than three years, anthropologist John Osburg accompanied wealthy Chinese businessmen as they courted clients, partners, and government officials. Now he invites readers along on his journey through the highly gendered world of luxury karaoke clubs, saunas, and massage parlors—places designed to cater to the desires of elite men. Within these spaces, a masculinization of business is taking place. Osburg details the complex code of behavior that governs businessmen as they go about banqueting, drinking, gambling, bribing, exchanging gifts, and obtaining sexual services. These intricate social networks play a key role in generating business, performing social status, and reconfiguring gender roles. Yet underneath the façade, many entrepreneurs feel trapped by their obligations and moral compromises in this evolving environment. Osburg examines their deep ambivalence about China’s future and their own complicity in the major issues of post-Mao Chinese society—corruption, inequality, materialism, and loss of trust.
Fraud Fakery And False Business
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Author : Abigail Harrison Moore
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-09-08
Fraud Fakery And False Business written by Abigail Harrison Moore and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-08 with History categories.
In 1922, Adolphe Shrager having made his fortune during the First World War, approached the London dealer Basil Dighton for advice on purchasing antique furniture. Dighton sold him about five hundred items but shortly afterwards Shrager discovered that one of his 'collector's pieces' was judged to be a fake and grossly over-priced, and he sued. The trial, held in early 1923, became a cause celebre, but it can be viewed as a case study of a much wider set of social and cultural concerns: the fact that Shrager lost both the first trial and the appeal, despite demonstrating on numerous occasions that he had a clear case against Dighton, raises questions of race, prejudice and class, where the establishment closed ranks against Shrager, the nouveau riche Jew and alleged war profiteer. This book - the first on the Shrager Dighton case - is the result of the author's original archival research.
A Land Of Aching Hearts
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Author : Leila Tarazi Fawaz
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-11-17
A Land Of Aching Hearts written by Leila Tarazi Fawaz and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-17 with History categories.
The Great War transformed the Middle East, bringing to an end four hundred years of Ottoman rule in Arab lands while giving rise to the Middle East as we know it today. A century later, the experiences of ordinary men and women during those calamitous years have faded from memory. A Land of Aching Hearts traverses ethnic, class, and national borders to recover the personal stories of the civilians and soldiers who endured this cataclysmic event. Among those who suffered were the people of Greater Syria—comprising modern Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine—as well as the people of Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt. Beyond the shifting fortunes of the battlefield, the region was devastated by a British and French naval blockade made worse by Ottoman war measures. Famine, disease, inflation, and an influx of refugees were everyday realities. But the local populations were not passive victims. Fawaz chronicles the initiative and resilience of civilian émigrés, entrepreneurs, draft-dodgers, soldiers, villagers, and townsmen determined to survive the war as best they could. The right mix of ingenuity and practicality often meant the difference between life and death. The war’s aftermath proved bitter for many survivors. Nationalist aspirations were quashed as Britain and France divided the Middle East along artificial borders that still cause resentment. The misery of the Great War, and a profound sense of huge sacrifices made in vain, would color people’s views of politics and the West for the century to come.
Are We Rich Yet
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Author : Amy Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2022-06-14
Are We Rich Yet written by Amy Edwards and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-14 with Business & Economics categories.
'A wonderful growth' : investment culture from 1840 to 1980 -- Over the counter : speculation and the small investor -- Shopping for shares: The rise of financial consumerism -- 'The moneymen's Sunday sermon': the making of a mass-market financial advice industry -- Yuppies : finance and investment in popular culture -- Are we rich yet? : investment clubs and investor activism.