Working Americans, 1880-1999 - Vol. 3: The Upper Class: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access
Language: English
Published by Universal Reference Pubns, 2001
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- Title
- Working Americans, 1880-1999 - Vol. 3: The Upper Class: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access
- Publisher
- Universal Reference Pubns
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 193095638X
- ISBN 13
- 9781930956384
Take a look at just some of the families profiled in Working Americans 1880-1999 – Volume 3: The Upper Class: 1880 - A wealthy Boston investor searches for ways to make a new company, Bell Telephone, profitably; ultimately the board controls costs by firing inventor Alexander Graham Bell; 1913 - Good timing led this man to invest in Ransom Olds’ new product the Oldsmobile; today, he is enjoying the fruits of his wisdom following a buy-out as the industry consolidates; 1915 - As Chief Surgeon of the Seaboard Railway Company, this man and his wife, both of whom trace their lineage to the earliest days of Virginia, enjoy the good life of foxhunting and trips to New York. He is devoted to finding ways to make train travel safer through a concept called ""first aid.""; 1980 - Known as ""The Slasher,"" this man divides his time between dismantling ailing companies and the party life of Palm Beach; 1999 - This Dot Com advertising executive is running and gunning his way to fame and fortune; no risk is too great for this whiz kid millionaire.
The Working Americans 1880-1999 series presents an interesting and useful compilation of portraits of the Working Class, Middle Class and Upper Class across the last 120 years. This series will be an important addition to any high school, public or academic library reference collection.
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