Gentlemen bankers : the world of J.P. Morgan / Susie J. Pak.

Title
  1. Gentlemen bankers : the world of J.P. Morgan / Susie J. Pak.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Author
  1. Pak, Susie

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Description
  1. 356 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
  1. Gentlemen Bankers investigates the social and economic circles of one of America's most renowned and influential financiers to uncover how the Morgan family's power and prestige stemmed from its unique position within a network of local and international relationships. At the turn of the twentieth century, private banking was a personal enterprise in which business relationships were a statement of identity and reputation. In an era when ethnic and religious differences were pronounced and anti-Semitism was prevalent, Anglo-American and German-Jewish elite bankers lived in their respective cordoned communities, seldom interacting with one another outside the business realm. Ironically, the tacit agreement to maintain separate social spheres made it easier to cooperate in purely financial matters on Wall Street. But as Susie Pak demonstrates, the Morgans' exceptional relationship with the German-Jewish investment bank Kuhn, Loeb & Co., their strongest competitor and also an important collaborator, was entangled in ways that went far beyond the pursuit of mutual profitability. Delving into the archives of many Morgan partners and legacies, Gentlemen Bankers draws on never-before published letters and testimony to tell a closely focused story of how economic and political interests intersected with personal rivalries and friendships among the Wall Street aristocracy during the first half of the twentieth century.
Series statement
  1. Harvard studies in business history ; 51
Uniform title
  1. Harvard studies in business history 51.
Subject
  1. Morgan, J. Pierpont 1837-1913
  2. Morgan, John Pierpont 1837-1913
  3. J.P. Morgan & Co. > History
  4. J.P. Morgan & Co
  5. J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. New York, NY
  6. Metropolitan Museum of Art
  7. Banks and banking > United States > History
  8. Bankers > United States > Biography
  9. Banques > États-Unis > Histoire
  10. Banquiers > États-Unis > Biographies
  11. Bankers
  12. Banks and banking
  13. Bankier
  14. Unternehmen
  15. Private Banking
  16. Soziales Netzwerk
  17. Banker > historia
  18. United States
  19. USA
Genre/Form
  1. Biography
  2. Biographies
  3. History
  4. Biographies.
Contents
  1. Introduction -- Gentlemen banking before 1914 -- The social world of private bankers -- Anti-semitism in economic networks -- Disrupting the balance : the Great War -- The significance of social ties : Harvard -- Complex international alliances : Japan -- The end of private banking at the Morgans -- Conclusion : writing the history of networks.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.