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"Our Crowd"

- The Great Jewish Families of New York
Af: Stephen Birmingham Engelsk Paperback

"Our Crowd"

- The Great Jewish Families of New York
Af: Stephen Birmingham Engelsk Paperback
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They immigrated to America from Germany in the nineteenth century with names like Loeb, Sachs, Seligman, Lehman, Guggenheim, and Goldman. From tenements on the Lower East Side to Park Avenue mansions, this handful of Jewish families turned small businesses into imposing enterprises and amassed spectacular fortunes. But despite possessing breathtaking wealth that rivaled the Astors and Rockefellers, they were barred by the gentile establishment from the lofty realm of “the 400,” a register of New York’s most elite, because of their religion and humble backgrounds. In response, they created their own elite “100,” a privileged society as opulent and exclusive as the one that had refused them entry.

Our Crowd is the fascinating story of this rarefied society. Based on letters, documents, diary entries, and intimate personal remembrances of family lore by members of these most illustrious clans, it is an engrossing portrait of upper-class Jewish life over two centuries; a riveting story of the bankers, brokers, financiers, philanthropists, and business tycoons who started with nothing and turned their family names into American institutions.

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They immigrated to America from Germany in the nineteenth century with names like Loeb, Sachs, Seligman, Lehman, Guggenheim, and Goldman. From tenements on the Lower East Side to Park Avenue mansions, this handful of Jewish families turned small businesses into imposing enterprises and amassed spectacular fortunes. But despite possessing breathtaking wealth that rivaled the Astors and Rockefellers, they were barred by the gentile establishment from the lofty realm of “the 400,” a register of New York’s most elite, because of their religion and humble backgrounds. In response, they created their own elite “100,” a privileged society as opulent and exclusive as the one that had refused them entry.

Our Crowd is the fascinating story of this rarefied society. Based on letters, documents, diary entries, and intimate personal remembrances of family lore by members of these most illustrious clans, it is an engrossing portrait of upper-class Jewish life over two centuries; a riveting story of the bankers, brokers, financiers, philanthropists, and business tycoons who started with nothing and turned their family names into American institutions.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 416
ISBN-13: 9781493057757
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1493057758
Udg. Dato: 1 mar 2021
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 228mm
Højde: 152mm
Forlag: Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato: 1 mar 2021
Forfatter(e): Stephen Birmingham
Forfatter(e) Stephen Birmingham


Kategori United States of America, USA


ISBN-13 9781493057757


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 416


Udgave


Længde 31mm


Bredde 228mm


Højde 152mm


Udg. Dato 1 mar 2021


Oplagsdato 1 mar 2021


Forlag Rowman & Littlefield

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