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Autore |
Davies Helen M. |
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Titolo |
Emile and Isaac Pereire : Bankers, Socialists and Sephardic Jews in nineteenth-century France / / Helen M. Davies |
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Manchester, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-5261-1094-6 |
1-5261-1095-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in modern French history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jewish businesspeople |
Industrialists |
Businesspeople |
Industrialists - France |
Jewish businesspeople - France |
Businesspeople - France |
Biography |
France |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Untitled; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Bordeaux: a Sephardic childhood; 2. The new society; 3. The new entrepreneurs; 4. The adventure of rail; 5. Capitalism and the State; 6. The family business; 7. Private lives of public men; 8. Boom and bust; 9. Epilogue; 10. Conclusion; Appendix: Pereire companies; Select bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Emile (1800-75) and Isaac Pereire (1806-80) were pivotal and sensational figures, their lives and careers a lens through which to re-examine the history of France in the nineteenth century. Among the first generation of Jews emancipated by the French Revolution, they became significant Saint-Simonians, contributing to its philosophy of financial and economic reform. They were the first to implement the |
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