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- catalog abstract "What does Bill Gates have in common with Genghis Khan, the thirteenth-century conqueror who wanted to own the world but settled for just five million square miles? This is an informative and entertaining look at the very rich and how they got their money, used it, and sometimes frittered it away.".
- catalog contributor b11703316.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-271) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: the wealthy, then and now -- When thieves were kings: Machmud of Ghazni (971-1030) -- The raider who came to stay: Genghis Khan (1162-1227) -- The man in the middle: Mansa Musa (d. 1332) -- Ungodly rich: Pope Alexander VI (1431-1503) -- Money begets money: Jacob Fugger (1459-1526) -- Dreamers, gamblers, and suckers: John Law (1671-1729) -- Men and machines: Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) -- Addicted to trade: Howqua (1769-1843) -- Outmanning the men: Hetty Green (1834-1916) -- The $100 billion man: Bill Gates (b. 1955).".
- catalog description "What does Bill Gates have in common with Genghis Khan, the thirteenth-century conqueror who wanted to own the world but settled for just five million square miles? This is an informative and entertaining look at the very rich and how they got their money, used it, and sometimes frittered it away.".
- catalog extent "xxxii, 286 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Rich and how they got that way.".
- catalog identifier "0812932676".
- catalog isFormatOf "Rich and how they got that way.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Crown Business,".
- catalog relation "Rich and how they got that way.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "332/.092/2 B 21".
- catalog subject "Capitalists and financiers Biography.".
- catalog subject "Capitalists and financiers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "HG172.A2 C76 2000".
- catalog subject "Millionaires Biography.".
- catalog subject "Millionaires United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Rich people Biography.".
- catalog subject "Rich people United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: the wealthy, then and now -- When thieves were kings: Machmud of Ghazni (971-1030) -- The raider who came to stay: Genghis Khan (1162-1227) -- The man in the middle: Mansa Musa (d. 1332) -- Ungodly rich: Pope Alexander VI (1431-1503) -- Money begets money: Jacob Fugger (1459-1526) -- Dreamers, gamblers, and suckers: John Law (1671-1729) -- Men and machines: Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) -- Addicted to trade: Howqua (1769-1843) -- Outmanning the men: Hetty Green (1834-1916) -- The $100 billion man: Bill Gates (b. 1955).".
- catalog title "The rich and how they got that way : how the wealthiest people of all time--from Genghis Khan to Bill Gates--made their fortunes / Cynthia Crossen.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".