About this title: In this account, "Fortune" magazine writer Gary Hector writes about a banking story of the 1980s. Once a symbol of America's banking prowess, today Bank America is struggling to salvage the remnants of its glorious past. How the bank that A.P.Giannini, the American-born son of an impoverished Italian immigrant family, built "for the little fellow" grew to be the largest commercial bank in the world is a true rags-to-riches saga. Giannini's less far-sighted successors blundered, nearly fatally, by encouraging the bank to write off more than $10 billion in bad loans, and fostered a corporate ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T)
Date Published: 1989-01
ISBN-13:9780316687522ISBN:0316687529
Description: Like New. Binding is tight and square. No names, no stickers. Text is clean and bright. DJ is VG. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown And Company, Boston
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780316687522ISBN:0316687529
Description: No Illustration. Very Good in Very Good jacket. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. BLACK AND WHITE HALF-CLOTH COVER, CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED, BUMPED EDGES. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780316687522ISBN:0316687529
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 358 p. Packard interviews 30 of the "ultra-rich". None is stereotypical. Full of quirks and foibles, argues Packard, they often use their wealth abusively. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780316687522ISBN:0316687529
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. This Stated First Edition book is in fine condition. The binding is tight and pages are clean. It appears to have not been read. The dust jacket is in very good condition with some bumps and scuffs. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T)
Date Published: 1989-01
ISBN-13:9780316687522ISBN:0316687529
Description: New. First Edition, First Printing. New and in excellent condition (red remainder mark on bottom pages). Pages are crisp and clean with a tight spine. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co.,, Boston
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780316687522ISBN:0316687529
Description: 0316687529. 358 pages, cloth, dj, very good. 1st edition. From the dj: 'Not since 1929 has America witnessed as dramatic a concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few as is now occurring in our country This concentration has reached the point where more than a third of the nation's wealth is held by just one percent of the population...Vance Packard, an author who is internationally recognized for his provocative investigations of trends in modern society, seeks answers to these ... read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of only minimal use. All pages are undamaged with no significant creases or tears. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780316687522ISBN:0316687529
Description: 0316687529 Ex-library Hard Cover in Good condition has the usual library markings and tight binding. Dust jacket is in Good condition. read more
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