false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172420495m/173745.jpg 173745 5 Founded in the late 18th century by expatriate German Jews, the London-based House of Rothschild was within decades the largest banking enterprise in the world. Its principals controlled a vast portion of the industrial world's wealth--more so, Oxford historian Niall Ferguson writes, than any family has since--and as a result enjoyed tremendous political influence in the major capitals of Europe, counting as allies such important figures as Metternich and Wellington. That influence would provoke countless anti-Semitic tracts fulminating against Jewish usury and against the power of "Eastern potentates" in the empires of England and France. Although the Rothschilds were well aware of their power and not reluctant to use it, they operated fairly, Ferguson notes. For example, whereas lending rates in the textile industry, in which the Rothschilds got their start, were often 20 percent, the fledgling house charged 5 to 9 percent. Through shrewd, complex negotiations they helped promote peace and the beginnings of economic union throughout Europe.<p> Ferguson's sprawling history covers much ground and involves a cast of hundreds of players. At the outset he notes that his book was commissioned by the modern descendants of the House of Rothschild; even so, he approaches his task with careful balance and a critical eye, pointing out the Rothschilds' failings as well as successes. The result is a fine, solid contribution to economic history, one that, unlike so many books in the field, is eminently readable. <I>--Gregory McNamee</I> 167825 1998 The House of Rothschild: Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848 total:39|5:7|4:14|3:14|2:3|1:1| 39 140 99 6 173745 0140240845 9780140240849 38 6 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172420495m/173745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173745.The_House_of_Rothschild_Volume_1_Money_s_Prophets_1798_1848 4 0 false Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Nov 02 06:57:14 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 21 07:04:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 173745 0140240845 9780140240849 38 6 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172420495m/173745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173745.The_House_of_Rothschild_Volume_1_Money_s_Prophets_1798_1848 0 0 false Mon Aug 24 04:21:36 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 04:44:47 -0700 2009 173745 0140240845 9780140240849 38 6 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172420495m/173745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173745.The_House_of_Rothschild_Volume_1_Money_s_Prophets_1798_1848 1 0 false Thu Sep 03 21:09:12 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 21:16:58 -0700 2009 173745 0140240845 9780140240849 38 6 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172420495m/173745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173745.The_House_of_Rothschild_Volume_1_Money_s_Prophets_1798_1848 0 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 05 20:07:04 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 20:08:07 -0700 2009 173745 0140240845 9780140240849 38 6 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172420495m/173745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173745.The_House_of_Rothschild_Volume_1_Money_s_Prophets_1798_1848 0 0 false Fri May 08 19:10:50 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 17:59:09 -0700 2009
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