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American Disruptor
- The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford
Engelsk Hardback
American Disruptor
- The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford
Engelsk Hardback

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The rags to riches story of Silicon Valley's original disruptor. American Disruptor is 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 country's original "disruptor" – reshaping industry and engineering 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 how Stanford, once a serial failure, overcame all obstacles to become one of America’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 Disruptor restores Leland Stanford’s rightful place as a revolutionary force and architect of modern America.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
344
ISBN-13:
9780520305472
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0520305477
Udg. Dato:
5 nov 2019
Længde:
31mm
Bredde:
148mm
Højde:
226mm
Forlag:
University of California Press
Oplagsdato:
5 nov 2019
Forfatter(e):
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