Gentlemen Bankers : The World of J. P. Morgan.
Pak, Susie J.
Gentlemen Bankers : The World of J. P. Morgan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (367 pages) - Harvard Studies in Business History; Series ; v.51 . - Harvard Studies in Business History; Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Gentlemen Banking Before 1914 -- 2. The Social World of Private Bankers -- 3. Anti-Semitism in Economic Networks -- 4. Disrupting the Balance: The Great War -- 5. The Significance of Social Ties: Harvard -- 6. Complex International Alliances: Japan -- 7. The End of Private Banking at the Morgans -- Conclusion: Writing the History of Networks -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Gentlemen Bankers focuses on the social and economic circles of one of America's most renowned and influential financiers, J. P. Morgan, to tell a closely focused story of how economic and political interests intersected with personal rivalries and friendships among the Wall Street aristocracy during the first half of the twentieth century.
9780674075573
Morgan, J. Pierpont-(John Pierpont),-1837-1913.
J.P. Morgan & Co.-History.
Bankers-United States-Biography.
Banks and banking-United States-History.
Electronic books.
HG2471
332.109041
Gentlemen Bankers : The World of J. P. Morgan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (367 pages) - Harvard Studies in Business History; Series ; v.51 . - Harvard Studies in Business History; Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Gentlemen Banking Before 1914 -- 2. The Social World of Private Bankers -- 3. Anti-Semitism in Economic Networks -- 4. Disrupting the Balance: The Great War -- 5. The Significance of Social Ties: Harvard -- 6. Complex International Alliances: Japan -- 7. The End of Private Banking at the Morgans -- Conclusion: Writing the History of Networks -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Gentlemen Bankers focuses on the social and economic circles of one of America's most renowned and influential financiers, J. P. Morgan, to tell a closely focused story of how economic and political interests intersected with personal rivalries and friendships among the Wall Street aristocracy during the first half of the twentieth century.
9780674075573
Morgan, J. Pierpont-(John Pierpont),-1837-1913.
J.P. Morgan & Co.-History.
Bankers-United States-Biography.
Banks and banking-United States-History.
Electronic books.
HG2471
332.109041