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1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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Studies in modern French history
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Studies in modern French history.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Untitled; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Bordeaux: a Sephardic childhood; 2. The new society; 3. The new entrepreneurs; 4. The adventure of rail; 5. Capitalism and the State; 6. The family business; 7. Private lives of public men; 8. Boom and bust; 9. Epilogue; 10. Conclusion; Appendix: Pereire companies; Select bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Emile (1800-75) and Isaac Pereire (1806-80) were pivotal and sensational figures, their lives and careers a lens through which to re-examine the history of France in the nineteenth century. Among the first generation of Jews emancipated by the French Revolution, they became significant Saint-Simonians, contributing to its philosophy of financial and economic reform. They were the first to implement the new rail technology in France and to launch the first investment bank of any size in Europe, the Crédit Mobilier. The Pereires ultimately came to stand behind banks and railways throughout Europ. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pereire, Emile, 1800-1875.
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Pereire, Emile, 1800-1875. |
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Pereire, Isaac, 1806-1880.
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Pereire, Isaac, 1806-1880. |
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Businesspeople -- France -- Biography.
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Businesspeople. |
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France. |
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Biographies.
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Jewish businesspeople -- France -- Biography.
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Jewish businesspeople. |
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Industrialists -- France -- Biography.
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Industrialists. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Bankers, socialists and Sephardic Jews in nineteenth-century France |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Davies, Helen M. Emile and Isaac Pereire. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015 9780719089237 (DLC) 2015410489 (OCoLC)903955644 |
| ISBN |
9781526110954 (electronic book) |
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1526110954 (electronic book) |
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9780719089237 |
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0719089239 |
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