The the epic story of the Jewish immigrants who transformed Wall Street and shaped modern America Schulman, Daniel H. 1958- creator text bibliography nyu 2024 First Vintage Books edition monographic eng

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xviii, 568 pages ; 24 cm "The saga of the German-Jewish immigrants-with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs, Kuhn and Loeb, Lehman and Seligman-who built the modern American finance system and shaped the world economy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sons of Wichita. Joseph Seligman arrived in the United States in 1837, with the equivalent of $100 sewn into the lining of his pants. Then came Henry and Emanuel Lehman, who would open a general store in Montgomery, Alabama. Not far behind was Marcus Goldman, among the "Forty-Eighters" fleeing a Germany that had relegated Jews to an underclass. These industrious immigrants would soon go from peddling trinkets and buying up shopkeepers' IOUs to forming the largest investment banks in the world, underwriting businesses like Sears, General Motors, and Macy's that have long defined the face of a nation. In Money Kings, Daniel Schulman follows these dynasties through their earliest gambits; their major business deals and ascent to the deeply antisemitic upper class of the Gilded Age; the complexities of the Civil War, World War I, and the Zionist movement that tested their fractured identities; and their enduring effect on the many non-German Jewish immigrants who came spilling off steamships in New York Harbor in the early 1900s, including Schulman's grandparents. With the dynamic banker and philanthropist Jacob Schiff leading the way, The Money Kings is an engrossing tale about materialism and moralism, family successions and alliances, and the immigrants who dreamed America into being"-- Daniel Schulman. Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-537) and index. n-us--- n-us-ny Businesspeople United States Empresarios Estados Unidos Investment bankers United States Banqueros Estados Unidos Immigrants Economic aspects Inmigrantes Aspectos económicos Finance United States Finanzas Estados Unidos Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) Wall Street (Nueva York, N.Y.) HB 615 S386m 2024 332.0973 Schulman, Daniel. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023 (DLC) 2023004045 9781101973011 (paperback) 1101973013 (paperback) 2023004044 DLC 230501 20250528153116.0 23099499 eng