John Jacob Astor : Business Man. Volume I.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, author.

Series:

Harvard Studies in Business History

Harvard Studies in Business History ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biografie, Genealogie, Heraldik.

Businesspeople.

Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.

Local Subjects:

Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (612 p.): 1 Frontispiz

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE TO ARRIVAL IN AMERICA 1763-1784

CHAPTER II. EARLY YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY TO ESTABLISHMENT AS A RISING YOUNG MERCHANT, 1784-1790

CHAPTER III. THE FUR TRADE TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY, 1790-1808

NOTES

CHAPTER IV. LAND INVESTMENTS IN LOWER CANADA AND THE NEW YORK BACKCOUNTRY

CHAPTER V. GENERAL MERCHANDISING TILL THE CHINA TRADE ASSUMED IMPORTANCE, 1790-1803

CHAPTER VI. THE TRADE WITH THE ORIENT UP TO THE WAR 1800-1812

CHAPTER VII. THE PACIFIC FUR COMPANY AND ASTORIA: FROM THE INCORPORATION OF THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY T O THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR, 1808-1812

CHAPTER VIII. THE PACIFIC FUR COMPANY AND ASTORIA: FROM THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR TO THE FINAL RELINQUISHMENT OF ASTORIA TO THE NORTH WEST COMPANY, 1812-1818

CHAPTER IX. THE WAR OF 1812-1815 : THE FUR TRADE

CHAPTER X. THE WAR OF 1812-1815 : COMMERCE WITH EUROPE AND CANTON

CHAPTER XI. THE WAR OF 1812-1815 : GOVERNMENT LOANS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE

DOCUMENTS 1788-1815

DOCUMENTS. Part 1

DOCUMENTS. Part 2

DOCUMENTS. Part 3

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-60012-6

OCLC:

979743499