The Warburgs : the twentieth-century odyssey of a remarkable Jewish family /
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- ISBN: 0679418237 :
- Physical Description: xvii, 820 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, 1993.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [729]-739) and index. |
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Subject: | Warburg family. Banks and banking > Biography. Jews > Germany > Biography. Jews > United States > Biography. |
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The Warburgs : The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
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The Warburgs : The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
Bankers, philanthropists, scholars, socialites, artists, and politicians, the Warburgs stood at the pinnacle of German (and, later, of German-American) Jewry. They forged economic dynasties, built mansions and estates, assembled libraries, endowed charities, and advised a German kaiser and two American presidents. But their very success made the Warburgs lightning rods for anti-Semitism, and their sense of patriotism became increasingly dangerous in a Germany that had declared Jews the enemy. Ron Chernow's hugely fascinating history is a group portrait of a clan whose members were renowned for their brilliance, culture, and personal energy yet tragically vulnerable to the dark and irrational currents of the twentieth century. From the Trade Paperback edition.