The Guggenheims
A Family History
A portrait of a great American dynasty and its legacy in business, technology, the arts, and philanthropyMeyer Guggenheim, a Swiss immigrant, founded a great American business dynasty. At their peak in the early twentieth century, the Guggenheims were reckoned among America's wealthiest, and the richest Jewish family in the world after the Rothschilds. They belonged to Our Crowd, that tight social circle of New York Jewish plutocrats, but unlike the others -- primarily merchants and financiers -- they made their money by extracting and refining copper, silver, lead, tin, and gold.The secret of their success, the patriarch believed, was their…
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Weitere Autoren: Unger, Irwin
- ISBN: 978-0-06-093400-2
- EAN: 9780060934002
- Produktnummer: 1622421
- Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 576 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Über den Autor
Together Irwin and Debi Unger have authored LBJ: A Life and several other books. They live in New York City.Irwin Unger has won the Pulitzer Prize in history for The Greenback Era as well as two Guggenheim fellowships. Together Irwin and Debi Unger have authored LBJ: A Life and several other books.
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