by Alex Capus · dtv Verlagsgesellschaft · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423145978
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«Patriarchen: Über Bally, Lindt, Nestlé und andere Pioniere» is Alex Capus's collection of biographical portraits, in paperback and in German.
The book brings together ten portraits of Swiss inventors and entrepreneurs of the 19th century (Julius Maggi, Henri Nestlé, Carl Franz Bally). With an engaging tone, Capus shows how their bold ideas became industrial empires, with anecdotes such as the origin of Maggi broth extract or the women's boots that inspired the Bally shoe factory.
The original title is «Patriarchen. Zehn Portraits» (2006); this dtv edition (2017) has 208 pages.
For readers interested in Swiss economic history, biography, and stories of 19th-century entrepreneurs and inventors.
