T.J. Stiles
Book Description
A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism.
Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten Island during George Washington’s presidency, he rose from boatman to builder of the nation’s largest fleet of steamships to lord of a railroad empire. Lincoln consulted him on steamship strategy during the Civil War; Jay Gould was first his uneasy ally and then sworn enemy; and Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president of the United States, was his spiritual counselor. We see Vanderbilt help to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation—in fact, as T. J. Stiles elegantly argues, Vanderbilt did more than perhaps any other individual to create the economic world we live in today.
In The First Tycoon, Stiles offers the first complete, authoritative biography of this titan, and the first comprehensive account of the Commodore’s personal life. It is a sweeping, fast-moving epic, and a complex portrait of the great man. Vanderbilt, Stiles shows, embraced the philosophy of the Jacksonian Democrats and withstood attacks by his conservative enemies for being too competitive. He was a visionary who pioneered business models. He was an unschooled fistfighter who came to command the respect of New York’s social elite. And he was a father who struggled with a gambling-addicted son, a husband who was loving yet abusive, and, finally, an old man who was obsessed with contacting the dead.
The First Tycoon is the exhilarating story of a man and a nation maturing together: the powerful account of a man whose life was as epic and complex as American history itself.
發表於2024-11-23
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看這書時我總想刻意忽略書中標注的時間點,動輒就是17xx年或者18xx年,即便到現在,我們還沒有法治民主和自由吧。
評分一 第一次聽到Vanderbilt這個名字,來自於Vanderbilt University,一座位於田納西州的私立大學。我一直以為這所大學的首位資助人Vanderbilt是一個南方人,想必是一個南方的農場主,或者是南方“聖經帶”Bible Belt的宗教人物,直到很久之後纔知道Vanderbilt是一個地地道道的New...
評分一 第一次聽到Vanderbilt這個名字,來自於Vanderbilt University,一座位於田納西州的私立大學。我一直以為這所大學的首位資助人Vanderbilt是一個南方人,想必是一個南方的農場主,或者是南方“聖經帶”Bible Belt的宗教人物,直到很久之後纔知道Vanderbilt是一個地地道道的New...
評分一 第一次聽到Vanderbilt這個名字,來自於Vanderbilt University,一座位於田納西州的私立大學。我一直以為這所大學的首位資助人Vanderbilt是一個南方人,想必是一個南方的農場主,或者是南方“聖經帶”Bible Belt的宗教人物,直到很久之後纔知道Vanderbilt是一個地地道道的New...
評分一 第一次聽到Vanderbilt這個名字,來自於Vanderbilt University,一座位於田納西州的私立大學。我一直以為這所大學的首位資助人Vanderbilt是一個南方人,想必是一個南方的農場主,或者是南方“聖經帶”Bible Belt的宗教人物,直到很久之後纔知道Vanderbilt是一個地地道道的New...
圖書標籤: 傳記 biography 商業 Vanderbilt 經濟 tycoon Business 電子版
Finally finished this big book. Well worth the time. He was the true entrepreneur, a word is often misused nowadays. Great writing as well, not dull at all.
評分Finally finished this big book. Well worth the time. He was the true entrepreneur, a word is often misused nowadays. Great writing as well, not dull at all.
評分Finally finished this big book. Well worth the time. He was the true entrepreneur, a word is often misused nowadays. Great writing as well, not dull at all.
評分Finally finished this big book. Well worth the time. He was the true entrepreneur, a word is often misused nowadays. Great writing as well, not dull at all.
評分對本書期待甚高,所以有點失望。作者雖然研究做的詳細,但很明顯Vanderbilt本人留下的痕跡不多,所以纔會寫很大的時代以彌補這方麵的不足。在這一點上,我們可謂英雄所見略同。除此之外,文筆不流暢也是相似之處。本書讀起來更像是論文,因此雖然信息很多,但讓人很難享受。
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