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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100679418237
ISBN-139780679418238
eBay Product ID (ePID)672027
Product Key Features
Publication Year1993
Book TitleWarburgs : the Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
TopicGeneral, Jewish, Business
Number of PagesXvii, 820 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorRon Chernow
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight48.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN93-016599
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"Splendid.... Chernow does a wonderful job fleshing out the lives of the major characters in this family drama." -- Wall Street Journal "[Ron Chernow] has surpassed himself in this absorbing chronicle." -- The New Yorker "This is grand-scale scholarship .... It is all here, along with so much of the painful, tumultuous history of our time, all in one splendid book." -- David McCullough, author of Truman From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Decimal943/.004924/00922
SynopsisBankers, philanthropists, scholars, socialites, artists, and politicians, the Warburgs stood at the pinnacle of German (and, later, of German-American) Jewry. They forged economic dynasties, built mansions and estates, assembled libraries, endowed charities, and advised a German kaiser and two American presidents. But their very success made the Warburgs lightning rods for anti-Semitism, and their sense of patriotism became increasingly dangerous in a Germany that had declared Jews the enemy. Ron Chernow's hugely fascinating history is a group portrait of a clan whose members were renowned for their brilliance, culture, and personal energy yet tragically vulnerable to the dark and irrational currents of the twentieth century. From the Trade Paperback edition.