American Disruptor (eBook)

The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford

Roland De Wolk (Autor)

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2019
344 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
9780520973565 (ISBN)

Infos

Therags to richesstory ofSilicon Valleys original disruptor.American Disruptoris the untold story of Leland Stanford from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of Silicon Valley.The life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this countrys original disruptor reshaping industry andengineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for America's transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperors. It is also the saga of howStanford, once a serial failure,overcame all obstacles to become one ofAmerica's most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him his only child and son. Scandal and intrigue would follow Stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a Honolulu hotel a crime quickly covered up by the almost stillborn university she had saved.Richly detailed and deeply researched,American Disruptorrestores Leland Stanford's rightful placeas a revolutionary forceand architect of modern America.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
Prologue: Fell Redemption

1. Start-Up
2. Everything Ventured
3. Crossing
4. The Gold under the Mountain
5. Ditching and Hitching
6. “The Road Must Be Built”
7. “Egyptian Kings and Dynasties Shall Be Forgotten”
8. Dungeons and Depredations
9. Living Up to the Landscape
10. Command and Control
11. “The Machine of Steam on the Road of Iron”
12. Unmasked
13. Gone Dark
14. Ingeniously Contrived Devices
15. Deposed
16. The Fundamental Standard
17. Sex and Socialism
18. “God Forgive Me My Sins. Am I Prepared to Meet My Dear Ones?”

Requiem: American Disruptor

Notes
Bibliographical Note
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Illustrations

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.11.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: americas transcontinental railroad • architect of modern america • Baron • became countrys original disruptor • biographical • birth in backwoods bar • detailed • Engineering • engineering raid on public treasury • Founder • founding of world class university • Gold rush • historic influencer • History • legacy • Modern • original disruptor • Politician • Reputation • researched • reshaping industry • revolutionary • revolutionary force • Robber • robber baron • Silicon Valley • Stanford University • transcontinental railroad • Tycoon • Untold story • untold story of leland stanford • widow murdered in honolulu hotel
• ISBN-13: 9780520973565 / 9780520973565