The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

Name: The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
Author: Ron Chernow
ISBN: 9780802198136

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The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

Ron Chernow

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The House of Morgan won the 1990 National Book Award for Nonfiction and was selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century. The House of Morgan is a panoramic story of four generations in the powerful Morgan family and their secretive firms that would transform the modern financial world. Tracing the trajectory of J. P. Morgan's empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the financial crisis of 1987, acclaimed author Ron Chernow paints a fascinating portrait of the family's private saga and the rarefied world of the American and British elite in which they moved—a world that included Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, Franklin Roosevelt, Nancy Astor, and Winston Churchill. The House of Morgan is a compelling account of a remarkable institution and the men who ran it. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the money and power behind the major historical events of the last 150 years.

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