Volume I John Jacob Astor: Business Man, Volume I

Published by Harvard University Press 1931

Volume I John Jacob Astor: Business Man, Volume I

Part of the multi-volume work John Jacob Astor

Volume 1 in the series Harvard Studies in Business History

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674600126

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
LIST OF DOCUMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxi
AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxvii
CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE TO ARRIVAL IN AMERICA 1763–1784 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER II. EARLY YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY TO ESTABLISHMENT AS A RISING YOUNG MERCHANT, 1784–1790 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
CHAPTER III. THE FUR TRADE TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY, 1790–1808 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
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CHAPTER IV. LAND INVESTMENTS IN LOWER CANADA AND THE NEW YORK BACKCOUNTRY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
CHAPTER V. GENERAL MERCHANDISING TILL THE CHINA TRADE ASSUMED IMPORTANCE, 1790–1803 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
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CHAPTER VI. THE TRADE WITH THE ORIENT UP TO THE WAR 1800-1812 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
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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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
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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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
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CHAPTER IX. THE WAR OF 1812–1815 : THE FUR TRADE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
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CHAPTER X. THE WAR OF 1812–1815 : COMMERCE WITH EUROPE AND CANTON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
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CHAPTER XI. THE WAR OF 1812–1815 : GOVERNMENT LOANS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	330
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DOCUMENTS 1788–1815
DOCUMENTS. Part 1 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
DOCUMENTS. Part 2 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	448
DOCUMENTS. Part 3 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	548

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1931
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 27
- Main content: 585
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 11
- Other: 1 Frontispiz
Keywords: Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674600126

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1931
ISBN: 9780674599840