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Dynasties : Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses by David Saul Landes is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>From the author of the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>The Wealth and Poverty of Nations</i>, a fascinating look at the crossroads of kin and coin</b></p> <p>David S. Landes has earned a reputation as a brilliant writer and iconoclast among economic historians. In his latest acclaimed work, he takes a revealing look at the quality that distinguishes a third of today's Fortune 500 companies: family ownership. From the banking fortunes of Rothschild and Morgan to the automobile 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 some of them to their knees. A colorful history that is full of surprising conclusions, <i>Dynasties</i> is an engrossing mix of ambition, eccentricity, and wealth.</p> <p>Bestselling author and historian Landes scrutinizes the powerful family businesses that rule both the financial and industrial sectors across Europe, Japan, and America to determine what factors can cause a dynasty to flourish or fail. Unabridged. 1 MP3 CD. </p>
Who reads Dynasties : Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Saul Landes
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101650905
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Memoir, World History
- Rating
- 3.36 / 5 (15 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14