Mining Tycoons in the Age of Empire, 1870-1945: Entrepreneurship, High Finance, Politics and Territorial Expansion (Modern Economic & Social History) (Modern Economic and Social History)

by RaymondE.Dumett (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2008

  $151.56

  Offers a perspective on the role of mining tycoons both in shaping the economic and political map of the globe, and in setting a standard for extravagant displays of wealth amongst the world's rich. This book contains chapters, which focus on biographical accounts of particular mining tycoons.