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"This book traces the lives of one of the great German Jewish banking families from its beginnings through the end of the 20th century. The M. M. Warburg Bank was started in 1798 in Hamburg and flourished modestly through the 19th century under the guidance of one family member or another. At the end of the century control fell to Moritz Warburg and his 22 year old son Max. It was Max who built the banking company into a major economic force in Germany and the larger world up until the Nazi take over in the 1930's.
The family branched out into the United States when Max's brothers, Paul and Felix, married into wealthy New York banking families. Chernow describes Paul's importance in American politics as perhaps the major force in the inception of the Federal Reserve System and Felix's significance in charitable work.
Following the family through the twentieth century, Chernow details Jimmy Warburg's involvement in the Democratic Party as an advisor to Adlai Stevenson, Eric Warburg's career in intelligence work for the United States Army, and Sir Siegmund Warburg's financial successes in London after World War II, as well as the lives and careers of many other members of the family."
Jack Goodstein, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- businessman
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- challenged
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 26-50% of book
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