Sunday, November 01, 2009

"Our Crowd": The Great Jewish Families of New York by Stephen Birmingham

Recommended by JoAnn
301.452 BIR
A detailed history of New York's great Jewish banking families, including the Strauses, Seligman's, Goldman's, Guggenheims, Loebs and Schiffs. They formed their own "crowd", more often due to being excluded from the elite of their time, and married within that circle, carrying on a tradition of power, philanthropy and wealth.
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