Bibliograph

Our crowd, the great Jewish families of New York, Stephen Birmingham

Type

Label

Our crowd, the great Jewish families of New York, Stephen Birmingham

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Our crowd

Oclc number

35138574

Responsibility statement

Stephen Birmingham

Series statement

Modern Jewish history

Sub title

the great Jewish families of New York

Table Of Contents

A particular principality. "People we visit" -- Out of the wilderness (1837-1865) "Mount Seligman" -- "Mount Beautiful" -- On the road -- Mrs. Rankin's galoshes -- On to the city -- Matters of status -- Matters of style -- To the gold fields -- "This unholy rebellion" -- Into the mainstream (1866-1899) Peddlers in top hats -- The "our dear Babette" syndrome -- "Getting our feet wet" -- "The d-----d railroads!" -- "My bank" -- The assimilationists -- "The haughty and purse-proud Rothschilds" -- The Seligman-Hilton affairThe age of Schiff. "A complex oriental nature" -- "Your loving Kuhn, Loeb & Company" -- The emerging giants -- Mr. Schiff vs. Mr. Loeb -- Portrait of a father -- The Mittelweg Warburgs -- Marriage, Schiff style -- "The battle of the giants" -- "Der reiche Lewisohn" -- The poor man's metal -- Further adventures underground -- Twilight of a banker -- The ladies -- Sons, daughters, rebels -- Elberon, and points north and south -- The Guggenheim-Lewisohn battle -- Monsieur Journet's nightgown -- The great battle of 1109 Fifth Avenue -- "Witty and interesting personalities" -- The Equitable Life affair -- "I enclose my check for $2,000,000 ..." -- The "sinister transmutation" -- Calamities and solutions -- The rise of a house of issue -- "Pflicht und Arbeit."New York 21, N.Y. The end of a line -- The fall, and after -- The end of a dream -- Where are they now? -- "Familiengefühl" ... and no bare feet at dinner

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