SUMMARY OF VANDERBILT: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN DYNASTY BY ANDERSON COOPER & KATHERINE HOWE

by Victor Turner

SUMMARY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN DYNASTY BY ANDERSON COOPER & KATHERINE HOWE

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THIS IS NOT WRITTEN BY ANDERSON COOPER & KATHERINE HOWE. IT IS AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION BY VICTOR TURNER THAT SUMMARIZES ANDERSON COOPER & KATHERINE HOWE'S BOOK IN DETAIL.

In the story of The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, the Vanderbilt family suffered from a "disease" of material riches preoccupation, which contributed to their collapse. They argue that the Vanderbilts' history is the narrative of the largest American assets ever wasted.

29 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 28, 2021

About the author

Victor Witter Turner was a British cultural anthropologist best known for his work on symbols, rituals, and rites of passage. His work, along with that of Clifford Geertz and others, is often referred to as symbolic and interpretive anthropology.