American Dynasties
A History of Founding and Influential American Families
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
Published:15th Dec '22
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£19.99(9781493048144)
No one likes to believe that America has its own aristocracy, but the families described in this narrative share how these American families climbed the social ladder and their resulting legacies. Approached from a historical lens, learn about the great and influential families, their rise and sometimes their fall, including the following families:Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Ford, Getty, Hearst, Morgan, Astor, Coors, Adams, Kennedy, Nampeyo, Wyeth, Carter, and Barrymore.
“In American Dynasties Rachel Dickinson delivers a proper primer on a sampling of the funneling of talent – and often luck – through the generations of oligarchs and artists. Missteps get repeated, but often so do successes. The unpredictable nature of American society, according to Dickinson, makes it so there is no consistent playbook.”
—Robert Strauss, author of “Worst. President. Ever.” and “Final Founder: John Marshall.”
ISBN: 9781493066698
Dimensions: 217mm x 145mm x 19mm
Weight: 363g
246 pages