Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses

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.

Author: David S. Landes
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.56w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780143112471
ISBN10: 0143112473
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History | General
- Business & Economics | Economic History

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.