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Bezig met laden... The Rise Of the House Of Rothschild (editie 2013)door Egon Caesar Corti (Auteur)
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1928. Certain special features of the 19th century have been entirely neglected. An example of this neglect is the ignoring by historians of the role played by the Rothschild family in the history of the 19th century. The object of this work is to appraise the important influence of this family on the politics of the period, not only in Europe, but throughout the world. The influence of the Rothschilds, interestingly enough, is barely mentioned in other more comprehensive works. The aim of this work is to trace the rise of the House of Rothschild from its small beginnings to the great position it obtained, culminating in the year of its great crisis. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Volume I covers the years 1730 through 1830.
Volume II picks up the continued saga covering the years 1830 through 1903.
Meyer Amschel Rothschild was a poor common uneducated Orthodox Jew living in the German ghetto under harsh conditions, with very few rights and a very bleak future. This book tells the incredible journey he made, creating a financial dynasty that came to be known as the richest family in Europe. With his 5 sons, each settling in different countries (Germany, Austria, France, England, and Italy), they dominated the financial arena "pulling the strings on which kings, generals, and whole nations danced."
The second and third generations of the Rothschild's used their unified power to diplomatically avert wars, loyally assist their respective countries to prosper (regardless of who was in power), negotiate emancipation of the Jews, and amass unimaginable amounts of wealth. This is not a story about the social life of the family. The women and young children are barely mentioned. This is a documentary about business, politics, power, money, and cunning ambition.
There is a lot of controversial propaganda circulating on the internet and in various publications about how the Rothschild's became successful. Some people tend to think they could not have acquired so much power without belonging to an evil secret society. I suppose the Rothschild's could have had many family and business secrets that were never exposed to the general public, but after reading these 2 books which reveal the Rothschild's intense dedication to hard work, their genius for making good business decisions, their relentless persistence in achieving set goals, their self-sacrifice and unwavering loyalty to the family, and their respective countries, I wonder if a lot of the newer theories about the Rothschild's are based on twisted facts and fabricated lies; hateful, sadistic, anti-Semetic trash....tabloid journalism.
What I love about these 2 books is the chronological documentation of the facts; financial transactions, loans, contracts, the logical explanation of how and why critical decisions were made including letters, quotes, and documented conversations. I am now planning to read a more recent 2 volume publication written by Naill Ferguson, a noted Oxford economical historian, which are considered to be major works and covers the years 1849 through 1999. ( )