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18 Aug 2011, 6:09 pm by Buce
Stiles' superb biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt , in which Stiles does a masterful job of situating Vanderbilt at the center of a tectonic shift in our notion of government--I mean the shift from "mercantilism" to a model of "free competition. [read post]
13 Feb 2023, 9:30 pm by ernst
Barnard of unlawfully conspiring with America's wealthiest person, Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, to take control of the Erie. [read post]
31 Mar 2017, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The couple moved to New York City, where Woodhull became friends with railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt (who was reportedly her sister’s lover). [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 5:00 am by Doug Cornelius
Martin Why the Law Is So Perverse Leo Katz Review The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Charles Duhigg Review A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family Liza Mundy Review Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston Michael Rawson Review The Walking Dead, Book 7 Robert Kirkman Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War Megan Kate Nelson Catching Fire (The Hunger… [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 5:00 am by Doug Cornelius
Martin Why the Law Is So Perverse Leo Katz Review The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Charles Duhigg Review A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family Liza Mundy Review Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston Michael Rawson Review The Walking Dead, Book 7 Robert Kirkman Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War Megan Kate Nelson Catching Fire (The Hunger… [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 12:38 pm by Deborah DeMott
Much more of my vacation reading time was occupied by TJ Stiles's biography of Cornelius (a/k/a "Commodore") Vanderbilt, The First Tycoon (2009). [read post]
14 Mar 2018, 9:00 am by Adam Faderewski
Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt in the early 20th century. [read post]
30 Oct 2017, 11:23 am by davidferriero
Knopf), as well as the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2009 National Book Award for Nonfiction for The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt [read post]
13 Jul 2019, 6:00 am by Matthew Waxman
Demand for this travel was so high that Cornelius Vanderbilt obtained a monopoly concession from Nicaragua and established the Accessory Transit Company to service it. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 3:45 pm by Lovechilde
Robber barons like the financier Jay Gould, the railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the oil tycoon John D. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 9:09 am by admin
  If Mr. van Hulten had been a private capitalist – Cornelius Vanderbilt, say – then doubling the price of his essential utility would have branded him a gouging capitalist; Mr. [read post]
9 Jun 2021, 12:22 pm by Adam Faderewski
Cornelius, 95, of Victoria, died September 25, 2019. [read post]
9 Jun 2021, 12:22 pm by Adam Faderewski
Cornelius, 95, of Victoria, died September 25, 2019. [read post]