Word: mosleyism
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...Mosley's book takes the du Ponts from the time they left France and started a gunpowder business in Delaware in 1802. He relates the personal side of the family--their loves, their fears and their extensive rivalries within the family. The monopolistic business enterprises of the du Ponts are discussed from the family's point of view: this book does not criticize the du Ponts, it merely explains them...
...Mosley the explanation of the family's success stems from baronial mentality that allowed them to view the company as both their empire and their self-justification. As long as the family controlled the company, their fortunes and their power grew. The book is subtitled The Rise and Fall of the du Ponts of Delaware-- and the fall comes only in the late 1950s with a government crackdown, anti-trust laws, and the removal of the family from active control of the corporation...
NONFICTION: Coming into the Country, John McPhee∙Dispatches, Michael Herr∙Dulles, Leonard Mosley∙A Place for Noah, Josh Greenfeld
NONFICTION: Coming into the Country, John McPhee ∙ Dispatches, Michael Herr ∙ Dulles, Leonard Mosley ∙ A Place for Noah, Josh Greenfeld ∙ A Young Man in Search of Love, Isaac Bashevis Singer
Dulles, Leonard Mosley...