'Merchants and bankers from Germany in Britain' in W E Mosse (ed), Second Chance. Two centuries of German-speaking Jews in the United Kingdom
Details:
- Author(s) Chapman, Stanley D
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1991
- Pages pp335-46
- Publisher JCB Mohr
- Place Published Tubingen
Topics:
- Name Faith & ethnicity
- Name Entrepreneurs & business elites
Countries:
- Germany
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Groups:
Notes:
In a volume dealing with the contribution of Jewish emigres from Europe, assesses the position of Jewish merchants and bankers around 1900 - 'This paper attempts to address the basic question of the extent of German-Jewish wealth, power and influence in ... [merchanting and banking], the reasons for it and public conceptions of it ... if it is not true, we have to explain the persistence and power of a legend'