The Fall of the House of Speyer - The Story of a Banking Dynasty (Paperback)

The dramatic story of the last fifty years of the Speyer banking dynasty, a Jewish family of German descent, is surprisingly little known today, yet at the turn of the 20th century, Speyer was the third largest investment banking firm in the United States, behind only Morgan and Kuhn, Loeb. It had branches in London, Frankfurt and New York, and the projects it financed included the Southern Pacific Railroad, the London Underground and the infrastructure of the new Cuban republic. Later, it was the first major banking firm to finance Germany's Weimar Republic, as well as providing League of Nations loans to Hungary, Greece and Bulgaria. Yet, the firm was doomed by the nationalist passions aroused by World War I. Its English partner was denaturalised and exiled; its American partner enjoyed reduced standing because of his connection to Germany; and the Frankfurt branch closed with the coming of the Third Reich, its German partner fleeing into exile. The firm was dissolved in 1939, a surprisingly anticlimactic end to one of the great international banking companies of modern times. George W. Liebmann here tells the story of the firm and the family - shedding new light on the protagonists of a remarkable dynasty, who came undone in the dramatic years of the early 20th century.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2019
Authors:	George W. Liebmann
Dimensions:	226 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-83860-673-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > History of specific institutions Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Banking Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Financial services industry Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > History of specific institutions Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Books > Money & Finance > Banking
LSN:	1-83860-673-4
Barcode:	9781838606732

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