About this title: An exhaustive history of the prominent Jewish banking family, from their origins as medieval traders to the zenith of their influence in the early years of the 20th-century, when the House of Warburg could influence the course of international politics through its control of capital and could direct the development of European art and scholarship through he numerous libraries, museums, and institutes it endowed. Banished from Germany by the Nazis, the family returned to Hamburg after the Allied victory and aided in the reconstruction of Germany.
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0679418237 Cover has wear on it. Pages are together and ready for reading. Some writing and underlining inside. Tiny tear on front of dust cover. read more
Description: Good. 1993-Hardcover---may contain minor shelf-wear-Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1993-09-21
ISBN-13:9780679418238ISBN:0679418237
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG. Very Good Hardcover book with Very Good Dust Jacket. Binding tight and straight. Pages clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780679418238ISBN:0679418237
Description: Acceptable. Minor shelf wear-EX SCHOOL copy wtih stamp ( blacked out ) on top outer page edges. NO DUST JACKET! GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Edition: Vintage Books ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679743590ISBN:0679743596
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. no writing or markings. "The history of a fascinating family. " Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 880 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 0679418237 light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages very good condition//"Buy with Confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference. " read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780679418238ISBN:0679418237
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 2nd. printing. black paper on boards, black cloth at spine, clean. gilt letters at spine. corners sharp, hinges tight. pastedowns and eps clean, illustrated. text clean as new, black and white photo illustrated, 820 pages. dust jacket intact, not price clipped, clean, very lightly rubbed, no edge wear, extra nice copy. read more
Edition: Vintage Books ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679743590ISBN:0679743596
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor cover wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 880 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780679418238ISBN:0679418237
Description: Photo Illustrated. Very Good in Very Good jacket. 9.5x6.25 inches. 820 indexed pages. Maroon, photo illustrated dust jacket with white lettering, same on spine. Sticker remnant on dust jacket cover. Lays bare the whole stormy, heart-wrenching history of Jews and Germans in the 20th century. The Warburgs entered spheres of business, politics, and society previously closed to Jews and were defamed by the Nazis as part of an international banking cabal. Clean, tight, unmarked. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth and Board
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780679418238ISBN:0679418237
Description: Very Good++ in Very Good++ jacket. This is really quite the research work on the Warburgs. It is a large book with many interesting photo illustrations. This is a very clean & very bright black cloth spine on a brown board hard back Biography Book. The condition is Very Good++, and the jacket is also Very Good++. There is a p/o name and date on the top of the title page. These pages are very tight, and bright & unmarked. Printing line starts with 2, no price...The jacket is very clean & bright ... read more
Edition: Number Line 0987654
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House of Canada, Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780679418238ISBN:0679418237
Description: Good Very Plus Plus in Near Very Good Price Intact jacket. 9 1/2 X 6 1/2. Pages are tight, bright & clean. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector sleeve. Binding very firm and straight, sewn signatures. Illustrated endpapers with B/W photos. Board edges and corners very good. No conspicuous wear. Name on inner flyleaf. Small pink dot on front flyleaf. read more
Edition: First Edition /First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780679418238ISBN:0679418237
Description: Near Fine in Near FIne jacket. A near fine copy in a near fine unclipped jacket; no previous owner's marks. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; Ninth Printing
ISBN-13:9780679418238ISBN:0679418237
Description: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Random House, 1993. 1st Edition/9th Printing. Very Good+ Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Moderate wear to book, Light wear to Dust Jacket. Aside from scrape on book front and scratches and wrinkling to Dust Jacket, overall a clean and tight copy. Additionally, Dust Jacket protected in a new clear archival cover. Book wrapped in bubble wrap. Media mail delivered in a box, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt ... read more
"Chernow is a great, insightful writer about the real living, breathing people behind the public front great families like to display. I am enjoying this book as much as his previous one on The House of Morgan."
"The Warburg's were a banking giant out of Hamburg Germany. They started in the 19th Century in the banking industry because of European anti-Semitism. Laws did not allow Jewish families to own land so Jews were diverted to occupations other than farming. The Warburg's saw the fellow Jewish family Rothschild's amass a fortune. They followed suit.
They became exports in international finance. This helped them avoid Nazi persecution. The Nazi's were very naïve when it came to world finance. Hitler enticed a retired finance genius, Hjalmar Schacht, out of retirement to head Germany's Treasury. Schacht performed a miracle rescuing Germany from the depression with phenomenal German economic growth. Schacht needed the Jewish Germans vast international experience to complete this miracle. So as Hitler tried to rid Germany of Jewish influence he allowed the Jewish German banking giants to operate unmolested following Schacht's advice.
Schacht became disillusioned with Hitler as the Fuhrer began to mingle in economic affairs. He was often heard arguing with Hitler. Boy, I wish I could have heard those arguments. Much bad can be said about Hitler but his mind was top notch intellectual. So Schacht falls out of good grace with Hitler. So, consequentially the Warburg's do as well.
The Warburg's, being wealthy, had the option of leaving Germany. So, the family starts businesses in England and America. Their great minds and energy made them successes in both places. Ron Chernow, the author, goes into excruciating details of the generations of Warburg's that I found kind of long winded. I must say it lacked the powerful attractive details of his other books."
"Very well done. Very interesting. Very detailed...almost too detailed. The book is long, but the accuracy about the characters in the Warburg family is amazing."
"The negatives: hard to keep track of all the characters. The positives: a remarkeable story, the family lived through important and interesting parts of US/European/World history. The most interesting parts were about the German Jewish families perspective on the rise of Nazism. Overall: worth reading but definitely an investment."
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