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The Vanderbilt Era: Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Dilemma of the “Robber Baron” (2011 Haaga Lecture)
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Publish Date: 2011-03-09 21:30:20
Description: T. J. Stiles discusses the life and impact of Cornelius Vanderbilt, America’s first great corporate tycoon. Ruthless yet honest, Vanderbilt epitomized the conundrum of the so-called robber barons, who amassed unprecedented power but revolutionized business and donated vast sums to charity. Stiles won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book “The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt.” His talk at the Huntington Library was the 2011 Paul G. Haaga Jr. Lecture in American Entrepreneurship.
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