Dynasties

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

David S. Landes es profesor emérito de Historia y Ciencias Económicas en la Universidad de Harvard y autor del éxito de ventas La riqueza y la pobreza de las naciones (Crítica, 1999). Otros libros suyos son Bankers and Pashas, The Unbound Prometeus y Revolución en el tiempo (Crítica, 2006).