Physical Description:xi, 531, [1] p. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher:New York : Simon and Schuster, 1941.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Fugger the Rich -- John Law -- The Rothschilds -- Interlogue one: Cosimo de' Medici, Sir Thomas Gresham, Jacques Coeur. The art and industry of make-up. Writers as money-makers -- Robert Owen -- Cornelius Vanderbilt -- Hetty Green -- Interlogue two: Misers, Poverty -- Mitsui -- Cecil Rhodes -- Basil Zaharoff -- Interlogue three: Hugo Stines, Land fortunes. Dynastic fortunes -- Mark Hanna -- John D. Rockefeller -- J. Pierpont Morgan.