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From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, a fascinating look at the crossroads of kin and coin
David S. Landes has earned a reputation as a brilliant writer and iconoclast among economical historians. In his latest acclaimed work, he requires a revealing look at the quality that distinguishes a third of today's Fortune 500 companies: family ownership. Through the banking fortunes of Rothschild and Morgan to the auto empires of Ford and Toyota, Landes explores thirteen different dynasties, revealing what lay behind their successes-and how extravagance, bad behavior, and poor enterprise brought a few of them to their knees. A colorful history that is full of surprising conclusions, Dynasties can be an engrossing mixture of ambition, eccentricity, and wealth.
David S. Landes has earned a reputation as a brilliant writer and iconoclast among economical historians. In his latest acclaimed work, he requires a revealing look at the quality that distinguishes a third of today's Fortune 500 companies: family ownership. Through the banking fortunes of Rothschild and Morgan to the auto empires of Ford and Toyota, Landes explores thirteen different dynasties, revealing what lay behind their successes-and how extravagance, bad behavior, and poor enterprise brought a few of them to their knees. A colorful history that is full of surprising conclusions, Dynasties can be an engrossing mixture of ambition, eccentricity, and wealth.
