A Classification of American Wealth
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 Part 3 : America in the Twentieth Century  Encyclopedia of American Wealth

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> Bibliography of Chapter 1
  : 
Patroons and Manor Lords
> Bibliography of Chapter 2  :  Planter Aristocrats
> Bibliography of Chapter 3  :  Shipping Merchants 
> Bibliography of Chapter 4  : 
New YorkCity Landlords  
> Bibliography of Chapter 5  : 
Bankers 1
> Bibliography of Chapter 6  : 
Early industrialists

> Bibliography of Chapter  7   :  The Mining Bonanza Kings
> Bibliography of Chapter  8   : 
Railroad Barons
> Bibliography of Chapter  9   :  Merchant Princes
> Bibliography of Chapter 10  : 
Bankers of the Gilded Age
> Bibliography of Chapter 11  :  The Trusts
> Bibliography of Chapter 12  :  Utility Tycoons

> Bibliography of Chapter 13 Automobile & Aviation
> Bibliography of Chapter 15  :  From Wildcatters to Oil Barons

> Bibliography of Encyclopedia of American Wealth

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 Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich 
 
Author        : Robert E. Wright and David J. Cowen
 Publisher    :
University of Chicago Press, 2006

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The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy  The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy 
 
Author        : Charles R. Morris
 Publisher    :
Times Books, 2005
Bold Entrepreneur: A Life of James B. Duke  Bold Entrepreneur : A Life of James B. Duke 
 
Author        : Robert F. Durden
 Publisher    :
Carolina Academic Press, 2003

 Declaration of Independence and Robert Livingston of New York 
 
Author        : Kathy Furgang
 Publisher    :
The Rosen Publishing Group, 2003

E. H. Harriman: Master Railroader  E.H. Harriman : Master Railroader 
 
Author        : Lloyd J. Mercer
 Publisher    :
Beard Books Inc, 2003

 Jay Gould or the Story of a Fortune (1928) - paperback 
 
Author        : Robert Irving Warshow
 Publisher    :
Kessinger Publishing Co, 2003

Architecture of Leisure: The Florida Resort Hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant (Florida History and Culture)  Architecture of Leisure : The Florida Resort Hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant (Florida History and Culture) 
 
Author        : Susan R. Braden, Gary R. Mormino, Raymond Arsenault
 Publisher    :
University Press of Florida, 2002
Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business  Enterprising Women : 250 Years of American Business 
 
Author        : Virginia G. Drachman
 Publisher    :
The University of North Carolina Press, 2002
Charles Dahlgren of Natchez: The Civil War and Dynastic Decline  Charles Dahlgren of Natchez: The Civil War and Dynastic Decline 
 
Author        : Herschel Gower
 Publisher    :
Brassey's, Washington DC, 2002

 Peter Stuyvesant : New Amsterdam and the Origins of New York 
 
Author        : L.J. Krizner and Lisa Sita
 Publisher    :
The Rosen Publishing Group, 2002

The Marshall Fields: The Evolution of an American Business Dynasty  The Marshal Fields : The Evolution of an American Business Dynasty 
 
Author        : Axel Madsen
 Publisher    :
John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2002
The American Auto Factory  The American Auto Factory (Automotive History and Personalities) 
 
Author        : Byron Olsen and Joseph P. Cabadas
 Publisher    :
Motorbooks International, 2002

 Wealth and Democracy 
 
Author        : Kevin Phillips
 Publisher    :
Broadway Books, 2002

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 Social Register 2003 
 
Author        : The Social Register Association
 Publisher    :
The Social Register Association, 2002

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 John D. Rockefeller : Richest Man Ever (Giants of American Industry) 
 
Author        : Ellen Greenman Coffey
 Publisher    :
Blackbirch Marketing, 2001

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Villard: The Life And Times Of An American Titan  Villard : The Life and Times of An American Titan 
 
Author        : Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave and John Cullen
 Publisher    :
Doubleday & Company, 2001
Great Houses of the Hudson River  Great Houses of the Hudson River 
 
Author        : Michael Middleton Dwyer (editor) and Mark Rockefeller (preface)
 Publisher    :
Bulfinch Press, 2001

 Jubilee Jim : From Circus Traveler to Wall Street Rogue - the remarkable life of Colonel James Fisk jr 
 
Author        : Robert H. Fuller
 Publisher    :
Texere, 2001

 Families of Fortune : Life in the Gilded Age 
 
Author        : Alexis Gregory and John Kenneth Galbraith
 Publisher    :
St.Martin's Press, 2001

John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire  John Jacob Astor : America's First Multimillionaire 
 
Author        : Axel Madsen
 Publisher    :
John Wiley & Sons, 2001

 The Man Who Made Wall Street : Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance 
 
Author        : Dan Rottenberg
 Publisher    :
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001

Henry Clay Frick Houses: Architecture, Interior, Landscapes in the Golden Era  Henry Clay Frick Houses : Architecture, Interiors, Landscapes in the Golden Era 
 
Author        : Martha Frick Symington Sanger, Wendell Garrett, Wendell D. Garrett
 Publisher    :
Monacelli Press Inc, 2001
John D. Rockefeller: Anointed with Oil  John D. Rockefeller : Anointed with Oil 
 
Author        : Grant Segall
 Publisher    :
Oxford University Press, 2001
Pierre S. Du Pont and the Making of the Modern Corporation  Pierre S. Du Pont and the Making of the Modern Corporation (paperback) 
 
Author        : Alfred DuPont Chandler and Stephen Salsbury
 Publisher    :
Beard Books Inc, 2000
Unwise Passions: A True Story of a Remarkable Woman and the First Great Scandal of Eighteenth Century America  Unwise Passions : A True Story of a Remarkable Woman and the First Great Scandal of Eighteenth Century America 
 
Author        : Alan Pell Crawford
 Publisher    :
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 2000

 Five Sisters : The Langhornes of Virginia 
 
Author        : James Fox
 Publisher    :
Simon & Schuster, 2000

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Stephen Girard: His Life and Legacy  Stephen Girard : His Life and Legacy 
 
Author        : Frank Gerace
 Publisher    :
1st Books Library, 2000
The Life and Legend of E.H. Harriman  Life and Legend of E.H. Harriman 
 
Author        : Maury Klein
 Publisher    :
The University of North Carolina Press, 2000
Amassing Power: J. B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927  Amassing Power : J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927 
 
Author        : David Massell and the Forest History Society Staff
 Publisher    :
McGill-Queens University Press, 2000

 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad - Railroad Color History 
 
Author        : Kirk Reynolds and Dave Oroszi
 Publisher    :
MBI Publishing Company, 2000

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 Legend of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 
 
Author        : Jeffrey L. Rodengen
 Publisher    :
Write Stuff Syndicate, 2000

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 The Vanderbilt Women 
 
Author        : Clarice Stasz
 Publisher    :
iUniverse Inc, 2000

 Encyclopedia of the Antebellum South 
 
Author        : James M. Volo and Dorothy Deneen Volo
 Publisher    :
Greenwood Press, 2000

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 Gotham - A History of New York City to 1898 (Paperback) 
 
Author        : Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
 Publisher    :
Oxford Press, 1999

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Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership  Jacob H. Schiff : A Story in American Jewish Leadership 
 
Author        : Naomi Wiener Cohen
 Publisher    :
University Press of New England, 1999

 Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology 
 
Author        : Constance McLauglin Green
 Publisher    :
Addison-Wesley, 1999

E.H. Harriman Railroad Czar: Volume II  E.H. Harriman : Railroad Czar Volume II 
 
Author        : George Frost Kennan
 Publisher    :
Beard Book Inc, 1999

 The Astor Orphans - A Pride of Lions 
 
Author        : Lateley Thomas
 Publisher    :
Washington Park Press, 1999

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 The Hairstons - An American Family in Black and White 
 
Author        : Henry Wiencek
 Publisher    :
St. Martin's Griffin, 1999

 National Geographic Guide to America's Great Houses 
 
Author        : Henry Wiencek, Donna M. Lucey, National Geographic Society
 Publisher    :
National Geographic Society, 1999

Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History  Thomas Jefferson : An Intimate Hisory 
 
Author        : Fawn McKay Brodie
 Publisher    :
W.W. Norton & Co, 1998
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.  Titan - The Life of John D. Rockefeller sr 
 
Author        : Ron Chernow
 Publisher    :
Random House, 1998
Last Bonanza Kings: The Bourns of San Francisco  Last Bonanza Kings : The Bourns of San Francisco 
 
Author        : Ferol Egan
 Publisher    :
University of Nevada Press, 1998
Lee  Lee (paperback, reprint) 
 
Author        : Douglas Southall Freeman
 Publisher    :
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 1998

 The Great Persuader - The Biography of Collis P. Huntington 
 
Author        : David Lavender
 Publisher    :
University Press of Colorado, 1998

George Washington  George Washington 
 
Author        : Willard Sterne Randall
 Publisher    :
Henry Holt & Co Inc, 1998
Henry Clay Frick; An Intimate Portrait  Henry Clay Frick : An intimate Portrait 
 
Author        : Martha Frick Sanger and Frick Symington
 Publisher    :
Abbeville Press Inc, 1998

 The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents 
 
Author        : William A. DeGregorio
 Publisher    :
Wings Books - Random House Value Publishing, 1997

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Golden Ghetto: The American Commercial Community at Canton and the Shaping of American China Policy, 1784-1844  The Golden Ghetto 
 
Author        : Jacques M. Downs
 Publisher    :
Lehigh University Press, 1997

 Long Island Country Houses and their Architects, 1860-1940 
 
Author        : Robert B.MacKay, Anthony K.Baker & Carol A.Traynor
 Publisher    :
Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, 1997

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 Pennsylvania Railroad - Railroad Color History 
 
Author        : Mike Schafer and Brian Solomon
 Publisher    :
MBI Publishing Company, 1997

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 F.K. Weyerhaeuser - A Biography 
 
Author        : Charles E. Twining
 Publisher    :
Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1997

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 Our Crowd : The Great Jewish Families of New York 
 
Author        : Stephen Birmingham
 Publisher    :
Syracuse University Press, 1996

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 Across Fortune's Tracks - A Biography of William Rand Kenan jr 
 
Author        : Walter E. Campbell
 Publisher    :
The University of North Carolina Press, 1996

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 The Man who found the Money - John Stewart Kennedy 
 
Author        : Saul Engelbourn and Leonard Bushkoff
 Publisher    :
Michigan State University Press, 1996

 The Myth of the Robber Barons 
 
Author        : Burton W. Folsom jr
 Publisher    :
Young America's Foundation, 1996

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 Letters from China : The Canton-Boston Correspondence of Robert Bennet Forbes 1838-1840 
 
Author        : Phyllis Forbes Kerr (editor); Robert Bennet Forbes
 Publisher    :
Mystic Seaport Museum Publications, 1996

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 The Wealthy 100 
 
Author        : Michael Klepper and Rober Gunther
 Publisher    :
Citadel Press - Carol Publishing Group, 1996

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James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest, Vol. 12  James J. Hill - Empire Builder of the Northwest 
 
Author        : Michael P. Malone
 Publisher    :
University of Oklahoma Press, 1996
John Randolph  John Randolph 
 
Author        : Henry Adams and Robert McColley (Introduction)
 Publisher    :
M.E. Sharpe Inc, 1995

 Philadelphia Gentlemen - The Making of a National Upper Class 
 
Author        : E. Digby Baltzell
 Publisher    :
Transaction Publishers, 1995

 Masters and Lords : Mid-19th-Century US Planters and Prussian Junkers 
 
Author        : Shearer Davis Bowman
 Publisher    :
Oxford University Press, 1995

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 The Robber Barons 
 
Author        : Matthew Josephson
 Publisher    :
Harvest Book - Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995

Thomas Mellon and His Times  Thomas Mellon and his Times 
 
Author        : Thomas Mellon, David G. McCullough (Foreword)
 Publisher    :
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995
Stephen Girard: The Life and Times of America's First Tycoon  Stephen Girard : The Life and Times of America's First Tycoon 
 
Author        : George W. Wilson
 Publisher    :
Combined Publishing, 1995

 A.P.Giannini : Banker of America 
 
Author        : Felice A. Bonadio
 Publisher    :
University of California Press, 1994

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George Washington: A Biography  George Washington : A Biography 
 
Author        : Washington Irving and Charles Neider (Editor)
 Publisher    :
Da Capo Press, 1994

 Family Money - The shocking Scandals behind America's wealthiest Dynasties 
 
Author        : George Mair
 Publisher    :
Pinnacle Books - Windsor Publishing Corp., 1994

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George Peabody, a Biography: A Biography  George Peabody, A Biography 
 
Author        : Franklin Parker
 Publisher    :
Vanderbilt University Press, 1994

 Hollywood by the Name - The Warner Brothers Story 
 
Author        : Cass Warner Sperling and Cork Millner, with Jack Warner jr
 Publisher    :
Prima Publishing, 1994

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Henry Edwards Huntington: A Biography  Henry Edwards Huntington - A Biography 
 
Author        : James Thorpe
 Publisher    :
University of California Press, 1994
Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family