The rich: from slaves to super yachts a 2,000-year history
by Kampfner, John.
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BookPublisher: Little, Brown 2014ISBN: 9781408704264; 1408704269.Classification number: 305.5234 KAMSubject(s): Rich people | WealthSubject: 'The Rich' is the fascinating history of how economic elites from ancient Egypt to the present day have gained and spent their money. Starting with the Romans and Ancient Egypt and culminating with the oligarchies of modern Russia and China, it compares and contrasts the rich and powerful down the ages and around the world. What unites them? Have the same instincts of entrepreneurship, ambition, vanity, greed and philanthropy applied throughout?
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 305.5234 KAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002872875X |
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| 305.513 MOH People like us : what it takes to make it in modern Britain / | 305.5209 BRY Entitled : a critical history of the British aristocracy / | 305.5209 JON The Establishment and how they get away with it | 305.5234 KAM The rich: from slaves to super yachts a 2,000-year history | 305.5609 WEL Underclass: | 305.562 JON Chavs: | 305.569 WOR Shadows of the workhouse |
Includes bibliographical references and index
'The Rich' is the fascinating history of how economic elites from ancient Egypt to the present day have gained and spent their money. Starting with the Romans and Ancient Egypt and culminating with the oligarchies of modern Russia and China, it compares and contrasts the rich and powerful down the ages and around the world. What unites them? Have the same instincts of entrepreneurship, ambition, vanity, greed and philanthropy applied throughout?
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