| Physical description |
2 volumes ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Charlotte's Dream (1849-1858) -- 2. The Era of Mobility (1849-1858) -- 3. Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863) -- 4. Blood and Silver (1863-1867) -- 5. Bonds and Iron (1867-1870) -- 6. Reich, Republic, Rentes (1870-1873) -- 7. "The Caucasian Royal Family" -- 8. Jewish Questions -- 9. "On the Side of Imperialism" (1874-1885) -- 10. Party Politics -- 11. The Risks and Returns of Empire (1885-1902) -- 12. Finances and Alliances (1885-1906) -- 13. The Military-Financial Complex (1906-1914) -- 14. Deluges (1915-1945) -- App. 1. Exchange Rates -- App. 2. Selected Financial Statistics. |
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[v. 1] Money's prophets, 1798-1848 -- [v. 2] The world's banker, 1849-1999. |
| Summary |
"The first historian with unrestricted access to all the surviving Rothschild archives - including documents hidden for half a century in the KGB's special archive - Niall Ferguson continues and concludes his portrait of one of the most fascinating and powerful families of modern times."--BOOK JACKET. "The World's Banker is based on tens of thousands of letters drawn from more than twenty different archives around the world."--BOOK JACKET. |
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"From the Crimea to World War II, wars repeatedly threatened the stability of the Rothschilds' worldwide empire. Despite these many global upheavals, theirs remained the biggest bank in the world up until the First World War, its interests extending far beyond the realm of finance. They controlled a pan-European railway network; they also ran a worldwide mining empire based on Spanish mercury, African gold and diamonds, Burmese rubies and Russian oil. And as the richest family of modern times, they acquired the greatest art collections and built the most sumptuous palaces of the age."--BOOK JACKET. |
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"Their economic might gave them a unique political leverage. Disraeli and Churchill were their friends, Bismarck and Hitler their foes. Yet the Rothschilds' failure to establish themselves successfully in the United States proved fateful. As financial power shifted from London to New York after 1914 and as continental Europe fell under the thrall of Marxism and fascism, the Rothschilds' power waned."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Rothschild family.
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Bankers -- Europe -- Biography.
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Businesspeople -- Europe -- Biography.
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Europe -- Politics and government.
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| ISBN |
0670857688 |
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0670887943 |
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