From the introduction's opening lines, author Robert Sobel - a leading expert on the history of finance and investing - throws down the gauntlet. His benchmark 'The Pursuit of Wealth' details the myriad ways that people have chased after money, business, investing, and risk since the dawn of time - and will forever reshape the ways in which you view money and mankind.
More than a scholarly tome, however, 'The Pursuit of Wealth' races through history like a fast-paced novel, revealing the dramatic human aspects of wealth accumulation. In this story, powerful individuals shrewdly interact with governments and churches to create the first family dynasties. Inside accounts of Europe's American empires depict how early opportunists, fuelled by bold vision and unfettered opportunity, build fortunes that live to this day. Nineteenth century portraits illustrate how pioneers of capitalism and industry, including J.P. Morgan, John Jacob Astor, Andrew Carnegie, and others, forged the industrial infrastructure that would create a new definition for wealth - and define the latter stages of the second millennium.
1. The Ancient World
2. The Imperial Age of Alexander and Rome
3. The European Middle Ages: The Birth of a New Economic Age
4. The Italian Bankers and their Clients
5. The Atlantic Age
6. Europe's American Empires
7. The English Advantage
8. The American Paths to Wealth
9. Industrial Wealth
10. The Mechanisation of Agriculture
11. Infrastructure and Wealth
12. Emperor Wheat and King Cotton
13. Gold, Silver, and the Civil War
14. The Impact of the Transcontinentals
15. The Arrival of Big Business
16. The Government-Industrial Complex, 1914-1929
17. The Great Bull Market of the 1920's
18. The Old and the New in Post-World War II America
19. The Revival of the Securities Markets
20. Creating Wealth During the Great Inflation
21. The Democratisation of Wealth
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