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 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, Dynasties is an engrossing mix of ambition, eccentricity, and wealth.
About the Author: David S.
Landes is professor emeritus of history and economics at Harvard and author of the bestseller The Wealth and Poverty of Nations .
His other books include Bankers and Pashas , The Unbound Prometheus , and Revolution in Time .
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Penguin Books Dynasties: fortunes and misfortunes of the world's great family businesses, paperback/david s. landes
