The House of Morgan：An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

图书标准信息

• 作者 Ron Chernow 著
• 出版社 Grove Press
• 出版时间 2010-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780802144652
• 定价 156.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 812页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ThewinneroftheNationalBookAwardandnowconsideredaclassic,TheHouseofMorganisthemostambitioushistoryeverwrittenaboutanAmericanbankingdynasty.AcclaimedbyTheWallStreetJournalas"brilliantlyresearchedandwritten,"thebooktellstherich,panoramicstoryoffourgenerationsofMorgansandthepowerful,secretivefirmstheyspawned.Itisthedefinitiveaccountoftheriseofthemodernfinancialworld.AgrippinghistoryofbankingandtheboomsandbuststhatshapedtheworldonbothsidesoftheAtlantic,TheHouseofMorgantracesthetrajectoryoftheJ.P.MorganempirefromitsobscurebeginningsinVictorianLondontothecrashof1987.RonChernowpaintsafascinatingportraitoftheprivatesagaoftheMorgansandtherarefiedworldoftheAmericanandBritisheliteinwhichtheymoved.Basedonextensiveinterviewsandaccesstothefamilyandbusinessarchives,TheHouseofMorganisaninvestigativemasterpiece,acompellingaccountofaremarkableinstitutionandthemenwhoranit,andanessentialbookforunderstandingthemoneyandpowerbehindthemajorhistoricaleventsofthelast150years.ThemostambitioushistoryeverwrittenaboutanAmericanbankingdynasty,TheHouseofMorgantracestheastonishingpathoftheJ.P.Morganempirewiththesweepofanepicnovel."Brilliantlyresearchedandwritten"(TheWallStreetJournal),thehardcoverwasrecentlynamedwinnerofthe1990NationalBookAwardforNonfiction.32pagesofphotographs.

【作者简介】

RonChernowRonChernow'sfirstbook,TheHouseofMorgan,wontheNationalBookAwardandtheAmbassadorAwardfortheyear'sbeststudyofAmericanculture.Hissecondbook,TheWarburgs,wontheEcclesPrizeastheBestBusinessBookof1993andwasalsoselectedbytheAmericanLibraryAssociationasoneofthatyear'sbestnonfictionbooks.