The Death of the Banker
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The Death of the Banker by Ron Chernow
"For anyone interested in the world behind the business-page headlines, this is the book to read." --Publishers WeeklyWith the same breadth of vision and narrative élan he brought to his monumental biographies of the great financiers, Ron Chernow examines the forces that made dynasties like the Morgans, the Warburgs, and the Rothschilds the financial arbiters of the early twentieth century and then rendered them virtually obsolete by the century's end.
As he traces the shifting balance of power among investors, borrowers, and bankers, Chernow evokes both the grand theater of capital and the personal dramas of its most fascinating protagonists. Here is Siegmund Warburg, who dropped a client in the heat of a takeover deal because the man wore monogrammed shirt cuffs, as well as the imperious J. P. Morgan, who, when faced with a federal antitrust suit, admonished Theodore Roosevelt to "send your man to my man and they can fix it up." And here are the men who usurped their power, from the go-getters of the 1920s to the masters of the universe of the 1980s. Glittering with perception and anecdote, The Death of the Banker is at once a panorama of twentieth-century finance and a guide to the new era of giant mutual funds on Wall Street.
"Chernow . . . delivers a sound, accessible account of the forces shaping capital, credit, currency, and securities markets on the eve of a new millennium. "
--Kirkus Reviews
The House of Morgan, which received the National Book Award, and The Warburgs, which won the George S. Kaufman Prize, are among Ron Chernow's best-selling books. The Death of the Banker; Titan: The Life of John D. Eccles The National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Rockefeller; Washington: A Life, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography; and Alexander Hamilton, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and transformed into the award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton. Chernow has received seven honorary doctorates and served as president of the PEN American Center. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375700378 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375700374 |
| Title | The Death of the Banker |
| Author | Ron Chernow |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1997-07-14 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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