The House of Morgan

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American History/Business
"Brilliantly researched and written, The House of Morgan is to such recent bestsellers as The Predators' Ball and Liar's Poker what War and Peace is to a Judith Krantz novel." — The Wall Street Journal
The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Hailed as an investigative masterpiece, it traces the trajectory of the J. P. Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987 and beyond. A rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned, it is the definitive account of the rise of the modern financial world.
From the period glamor of the late nineteenth century to secret alliances during both world wars, The House of Morgan is studded with startling revelations about the men and women— Henry Ford, Franklin Roosevelt, Nancy Astor, Winston Churchill, Adnan Khashoggi, Paul Volcker, and many others—who have transformed the... Tovább

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American History/Business
"Brilliantly researched and written, The House of Morgan is to such recent bestsellers as The Predators' Ball and Liar's Poker what War and Peace is to a Judith Krantz novel." — The Wall Street Journal
The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Hailed as an investigative masterpiece, it traces the trajectory of the J. P. Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987 and beyond. A rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned, it is the definitive account of the rise of the modern financial world.
From the period glamor of the late nineteenth century to secret alliances during both world wars, The House of Morgan is studded with startling revelations about the men and women— Henry Ford, Franklin Roosevelt, Nancy Astor, Winston Churchill, Adnan Khashoggi, Paul Volcker, and many others—who have transformed the financial and political world in the past 150 years.
"A fascinating historical journey from Charles Dickens' London to Tom Wolfe's New York."
—The Atlantic
"As informative and entertaining a history as this reviewer has ever read."
—John Rothchild, Los Angeles Times Book Review
A selection of the History, Fortune and Book-of-the-Month clubs
Ron Chernow has published articles on business and politics in many national publications. Before starting The House of Morgan„ he was director of financial policy studies for the Twentieth Century Fund.
The 1929 crash at Broad and Wall Streets
Henry Clay Alexander, Roger M. Blough and John F. Kennedy
The Morgan family at the Karnak temple, Egypt, 1877 Vissza