Emile and Isaac Pereire : Bankers, Socialists and Sephardic Jews in nineteenth-century France / / Helen M. Davies
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.092244 |
| Soggetto topico: | Jewish businesspeople |
| Industrialists | |
| Businesspeople | |
| Industrialists - France | |
| Jewish businesspeople - France | |
| Businesspeople - France | |
| Soggetto geografico: | France |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Biography |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Emile |
| Isaac Pereire | |
| Judaism | |
| Saint-Simonianism | |
| business practices | |
| family business | |
| investment capital | |
| nineteenth-century France | |
| partnership | |
| political allegiance | |
| railway entrepreneurs | |
| socialism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 new rail technology in France and to launch the first investment bank of any size in Europe, the Crédit Mobilier. The Pereires ultimately came to stand behind banks and railways throughout Europ |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Emile and Isaac Pereire |
| ISBN: | 1-5261-1094-6 |
| 1-5261-1095-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798418703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in modern French history.