John Jacob Astor : : Business Man. / Volume II, : John Jacob Astor: Business Man, Volume II.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Porter, Kenneth Wiggins,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1931
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Studies in Business History ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (763 p.) :; 1 Frontispiz
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --; LIST OF DOCUMENTS --; CHAPTER XII. THE CHINA TRADE AND EUROPE, FROM THE WAR TO WITHDRAWAL FROM BUSINESS, 1815–1834 --; NOTES --; CHAPTER XIII. THE CHINA TRADE AND THE PACIFIC 1814–1828 --; CHAPTER XIV. THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY FROM THE WAR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WESTERN DEPARTMENT 1815–1822 --; CHAPTER XV. THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WESTERN DEPARTMENT TO RETIREMENT 1822–1834 --; CHAPTER XVI. POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY --; CHAPTER XVII. WESTERN REAL ESTATE --; CHAPTER XVIII. THE PUTNAM COUNTY LAND CLAIMS (THE MORRIS CASE), 1803–1832 --; CHAPTER XIX. MONEY-LENDING, PRINCIPALLY ON REAL–ESTATE SECURITY: THE GERRIT SMITH CASE --; CHAPTER XX. MANHATTAN ISLAND REAL ESTATE 1800–1848 --; CHAPTER XXI. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS INTERESTS: INSURANCE AND BANKING --; CHAPTER XXII. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS INTERESTS: THE PARK THEATRE, HOTELS, CANALS AND RAILROADS, AND PUBLIC SECURITIES --; CHAPTER XXIII. FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND CULTURAL INTERESTS --; CHAPTER XXIV. PHILANTHROPY, TRAVEL, HEALTH, A N D OLD AGE --; DOCUMENTS 1816–1848 --; DOCUMENTS --; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE --; INDEX --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674600133; 9783110353488; 9783110353556; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674600133
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph