Author: Moses Yale BeachPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capitalists and financiers
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of New York City
Author: Moses Yale BeachPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capitalists and financiers
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Wealth and Pedigree of the Wealthy Citizens of New York City
Author: Moses Yale BeachPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capitalists and financiers
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of the City of New York
Author: Moses Yale BeachPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capitalists and financiers
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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The Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of the City of New York: Being an Alphabetical Arrangement of the Names of the Most Prominent Capitalists ...
Author: Moses Yale BeachPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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The Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of the City of New York
Author: Moses Yale BeachPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capitalists and financiers
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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The Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of the City of New York ...
Author: Moses Yale BeachPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Andrew Carnegie Speaks to the 1%
Author: Andrew CarnegiePublisher: Gray Rabbit Publishing
ISBN: 9781515400387
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Before the 99% occupied Wall Street... Before the concept of social justice had impinged on the social conscience... Before the social safety net had even been conceived... By the turn of the 20th Century, the era of the robber barons, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) had already accumulated a staggeringly large fortune; he was one of the wealthiest people on the globe. He guaranteed his position as one of the wealthiest men ever when he sold his steel business to create the United States Steel Corporation. Following that sale, he spent his last 18 years, he gave away nearly 90% of his fortune to charities, foundations, and universities. His charitable efforts actually started far earlier. At the age of 33, he wrote a memo to himself, noting ..".The amassing of wealth is one of the worse species of idolatry. No idol more debasing than the worship of money." In 1881, he gave a library to his hometown of Dunfermline, Scotland. In 1889, he spelled out his belief that the rich should use their wealth to help enrich society, in an article called "The Gospel of Wealth" this book. Carnegie writes that the best way of dealing with wealth inequality is for the wealthy to redistribute their surplus means in a responsible and thoughtful manner, arguing that surplus wealth produces the greatest net benefit to society when it is administered carefully by the wealthy. He also argues against extravagance, irresponsible spending, or self-indulgence, instead promoting the administration of capital during one's lifetime toward the cause of reducing the stratification between the rich and poor. Though written more than a century ago, Carnegie's words still ring true today, urging a better, more equitable world through greater social consciousness.
Riches, Class, and Power
Author: Edward PessenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351492934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Until publication of Riches, Classes, and Power, Alexis de Tocquerville's vision of the United States as a generally egalitarian nation predominated. While historians might quarrel about the social sources of egalitarianism, they did not dispute the soundness of the basic model; and Tocqueville's vision clearly dominated American's sense of itself as well. A self-acknowledged congenital skeptic, Pessen decided to find out whether the facts of American life sustained Tocqueville's conclusions. Riches, Class, and Power, represents more than five years' intensive research on the wealth, family backgrounds, careers, marriages, residential patterns, uses of leisure, life-styles, social standing, and influence and power of the wealthy in four of the five largest cities in the United States before the Civil War. Pessen examines New York City, Philadelphia, Boston and the then-separate city of Brooklyn in the 1820s and 1840s. His claim is that the massive evidence on urban life of the time sharply refutes Tocqueville's thesis. A National Book Award finalist for history, Riches, Class, and Power undoubtedly helped reshape America before the Civil War. In his reintroduction to this paperback edition, Pessen reviews the critical reaction, and reconsiders the extent to which its findings are applicable to the social structure of small or frontier towns of the period. He discusses whether unequal distribution of wealth in America results more from changes in historical circumstance or to shifts in demographic or age structure.
Wealth And Biography Of The Wealthy Citizens Of New York City, Comprising An Alphabetical Arrangement Of Persons Estimated To The Worth $100,000, And Upwards
Author: Moses Yale 1800-1868 BeachPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020207136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Moses Yale Beach's Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of New York City provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the rich and powerful in 19th century New York City. This text is perfect for anyone interested in the history of New York or the lives of the wealthy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Guide to Genealogical and Biographical Sources for New York City (Manhattan), 1783-1898
Author: Rosalie Fellows BaileyPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806348011
Category : Genealogical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Scottish-American Gravestones, 1700-1900, by David Dobson, contains more than 1,500 death records arranged alphabetically according to the surname of the decedent. While the transcriptions vary, all of them also give the decedent's date and place of death and the source of the information, as well as, in many instances, the names of the individual's parents, name of spouse, and even a word or two about occupation. While this diminutive volume can scarcely purport to be the final word on its subject, it nonetheless affords a substantial number of links to researchers hoping to bridge the gap between Scotland and North America.