The fall of the House of Speyer : the story of a banking dynasty / George W. Liebmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liebmann, George W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spira family.

Bankers--United States.

Bankers.

Jews, German.

United States.

Jews, German--United States.

United States--Social conditions--20th century.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co., 2015.

Contents:

England

1 The London Tube: 'Perhaps the finest of its kind in the world' 15

2 English Philanthropy: 'Preparing for emigration and colonial life' 21

3 The House of Music 'The greatest examples of Music and Art are world possessions and unassailable even by the passions and prejudices of the hour' 23

4 The Scott Expeditions: "The most interesting little sketch of out mountain' 32

5 Leonora: 'She would dominate any room she entered' 35

6 Influence on the Liberal Party: 'Capital to develop the good things which nature has stored up for the use and benefit of mankind' 45

7 Anti-Germanism and its Consequences: 'It will be a terrible thing if we English go to war with us Germans' 61

America

8 Mediation Efforts: 'The side which was temporarily elated became increasingly attached to the fetish of total victory' 75

9 Ellin: 'The qualities of essential womanhood as it was understood in the days before feminism became synonymous with unrest' 83

10 Carlotta: 'A woman who greatly needed to be the wife and muse of genius' 91

11 US Railway Promotions; 'Diminishing waste and giving spectacular evidence of the productivity of modern labours' 95

12 Cuban Loans: 'A good customer for our manufactured goods' 108

13 Philippine Railroads: 'Poor business propositions' 110

14 Mexican Railroads: 'Failure to recognize the raw materials of a great social revolution' 111

15 Brazilian Loans: 'Brazil always will have a great future' 117

16 Bolivian Railroads: 'Like bleeding an anaemic body to leave it destroyed' 125

17 Industrial and Municipal Investments: 'A landmark in the history of revenue bond financing' 128

Germany

18 Rehabilitating Central Europe: 'We have not simply sold them to the public. We have some ourselves' 133

19 Last Days in Germany: 'The Peace Treaty makes no provision for the economic reconstruction of Europe. The diplomats ... have created no substitute for the old economic units' 154

20 Philanthropy and Twilight: 'The leaden roller that flattens out so many people has not passed over us' 166.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781784531768

1784531766

9780857729286

0857729284

OCLC:

923595555