(P/B) THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD

Παρουσίαση

In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. He reveals for the first time the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. And he tells a family saga, tracing the importance of family unity and the profound role of Judaism in the lives of a dynasty that rose from the confines of the Frankfurt ghetto and later used its influence to assist oppressed Jews throughout Europe. A definitive work of impeccable scholarship with a thoroughly engaging narrative, The House of Rothschild is a biography of the rarest kind, in which mysterious and fascinating historical figures finally spring to life. (From the publisher)

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Illustrations in the text
Tables
Acknowledgements
Family tree
INTRODUCTION
Reality and Myth
I. Father and Sons
ONE: "Our Blessed Father": Origins
MAYER AMSCHEL - THE DUAL REVOLUTION
TWO: The Elector's Treasure
THE ORIGINS OF A MYTH - MAYER AMSCHEL'S LEGACY
II. Brothers
THREE: "The Commanding General" (1813-1815)
WAR AND PEACE - NATHAN'S WATERLOO FRATERNITY
FOUR: "A Court Always Leads to Something" (1816-1825)
THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE
"THE CHIEF ALLY OF THE HOLY ALLIANCE"
FINANCE AND REVOLUTION
SAVING AN OLD LADY
FIVE: "Hue and Cry" (1826-1829)
PUBLIC RELATIONS
FROM CANNING TO WELLINGTON
STRINGS OF INFLUENCE
MONEY MAKES MONEY
SIX: Amschel's Garden
"Goon JEWS"
"A HEAVENLY GOOD DEED": EMANCIPATION
"THE EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY"
SEVEN: Barons
SOCIETY
SNOBBERY
THE HONOURS "RACKET"
"FINE EDUCATION"
EIGHT: Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)
THE REVOLUTION AND THE RENTE
CONSOLS AND THE CONSTITUTION
NINE: The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
LINES OF COMMUNICATION
BANKERS' DIPLOMACY
GOLDEN CHAINS
UNDERWRITING PEACE
TEN: The World's Bankers
THE PILLAR
THE ROTHSCHILD SYSTEM
THE ROTHSCHILD NETWORK
CHANGE
ELEVEN: "Il est mort" (1836)
A WEDDING AND A FUNERAL LEGACY AND LEGEND SUCCESSION
III. Uncles and Nephews
TWELVE: Love and Debt
THE CRIME AND PUNISHMENT OF HANNAH MAYER
CITY AND COUNTRY
ELITE PURSUITS
INVESTING IN ART
PIANO LESSONS
MEN OF LETTERS
THIRTEEN: Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
IBERIAN DILEMMAS
"THAT BLASTED COUNTRY": AMERICA
TROUBLE IN THREADNEEDLE STREET
FOURTEEN: Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
SPREADING THE NET
"ABSOLUMENT LE MATTRE DES FINANCES DE CE PAYS": BELGIUM
ROADS TO DAMASCUS
WALLS OF JERICHO
FIFTEEN: "Satan Harnessed": Playing at Railways (1830-1846)
SALOMON'S LINE: THE NORDBAHN
FRANKFURT: THE TAUNUSBAHN
"THE CHIEF RABBI OF THE RIVE DROITE"
THE ENGLISH CONNECTION
THE IMPACT OF RAIL
AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS
SIXTEEN: 1848
"THE WORST REVOLUTION THAT EVER HAPPENED"
THE THREAT TO PROPERTY
SURVIVAL
TRANQUILLITY AND ORDER
Appendix I: Prices and Purchasing Power
Appendix II: Exchange Rates and Selected Financial Statistics
Source Notes
Index