Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world
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- ISBN: 159420182X
- ISBN: 9781594201820
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Physical Description:
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564 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-544) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. The unexpected storm, August 1914. -- Prologue -- A strange and lonely man -- The young wizard -- A safe pair of hands -- L'inspecteur des finances -- Money generals -- pt. 2. After the deluge, 1919-23. -- Demented inspirations -- Uncle Shylock -- A barbarous relic -- pt. 3. Sowing a new wind, 1923-28. -- A bridge between chaos and hope -- The Dawes opening -- The golden chancellor -- La Bataille -- The first squalls -- Un petit coup de whisky -- pt. 4. Reaping another whirlwind, 1928-33. -- Into the vortex -- Purging the rottenness -- Magneto trouble -- A loose cannon on the deck of the world -- Gold fetters -- pt. 5. Aftermath, 1933-1944. -- Gold standard on the booze -- The caravans move on -- Epilogue. |
Awards Note: | Pulitzer Prize, History, 2010. |
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Subject: | Bankers Biography Capitalists and financiers Biography Strong, Benjamin Schacht, Hjalmar Horace Greeley 1877-1970 Moreau, Emile Norman, Montagu 1871-1950 |
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