John Jacob Astor
Business and Finance in the Early Republic
Published on 31. December 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-8143-4344-9 (ISBN)
Description
Biography of John Jacob Astor's life and his career as a merchant, fur trader, and land speculator as vehicles for examining several important themes and issues in American economic and urban development between 1790 and 1860.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Detroit, MI
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8143-4344-9 (9780814343449)
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12/2017
Wayne State University Press
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Person
John Denis Haeger is a professor of history, assistant vice president for research, and dean in the School of Graduate Studies at Central Michigan University. He is a founder and former editor of Michigan Historical Review and the author of The Investment Frontier: New York Businessmen and the Economic Development of the Northwest. Haeger earned his Ph.D. from Loyola University in Chicago.