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Nathan Mayer Rothschild and the creation of a dynasty : the critical years 1806-1816

Kaplan, Herbert H

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\"This history explains how Nathan Mayer Rothschild rose from comparatively humble circumstances to become the founder of an extraordinary banking and financial empire - an empire that remained preeminent in Europe for more than a century. The book focuses on the critical years of Great Britain's war against Napoleon, when Rothschild became in effect Britain's banker and paymaster on the Continent, contributing to Wellington's defeat of Napoleon and consolidating the basis of the Rothschild financial dynasty. Although the basic outline of Rothschild's remarkable rise in the world of European high finance is well known, the details of how this actually took place, at the transaction-by-transaction level, have never before been studied. On the basis of archival examination of all of Rothschild's extant financial records, Herbert Kaplan is able to explain for the first time exactly how this transformation occurred.\"--Jacket.

• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Subject: Rothschild, Nathan Meyer, 1777-1836. / Rothschild family. / Rothschild, Nathan Mayer von. / Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) / Geschichte 1806-1816 / 1800-1899 / Bankers England London Biography. / Jewish capitalists and financiers England London Biography. / Banks and banking England London History 19th century. / Banks and banking Europe History 19th century. / Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Participation, British. / Bankers. / Banks and banking. / Jewish capitalists and financiers. / Military participation British. / Familie / Banker historia 1800-talet. / Bankirer 1800-talet. / England London. / Europe.
• ISBN: 080475165X, 9780804751650, 9780804773614

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HG1552.R83 K37 2006	1	BOOK	BUSINESS