The fall of the House of Speyer: the story of a banking dynasty
The dramatic story of the last fifty years of the Speyer banking dynasty, a Jewish family of German descent, is surprisingly little known today, yet at the turn of the twentieth century, Speyer was the third largest investment banking firm in the United States, behind only Morgan and Kuhn, Loeb. It...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The dramatic story of the last fifty years of the Speyer banking dynasty, a Jewish family of German descent, is surprisingly little known today, yet at the turn of the twentieth century, Speyer was the third largest investment banking firm in the United States, behind only Morgan and Kuhn, Loeb. It had branches in London, Frankfurt and New York, and the projects it financed included the Southern Pacific Railroad, the London Underground and the infrastructure of the new Cuban republic. It was the first major banking firm to finance Germany's Weimar Republic and provided League of Nations loans to Hungary, Greece and Bulgaria. Yet, the firm was doomed by the nationalist passions aroused by World War I. Its English partner was denaturalized and exiled; its American partner experienced reduced standing because of his connection to Germany; and the Frankfurt branch closed with the coming of the Third Reich, its German partner fleeing into exile. The firm was dissolved in 1939, an anticlimactic end to one of the great international banking companies. Liebmann tells the story of the firm and the family shedding new light on the protagonists of a remarkable dynasty, who came undone in the dramatic years of the early twentieth century." |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 244 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 1784531766 9781784531768 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
Prologue Early Days: A patrician one-man banking house 5
[which] seemed downright exotic5
ENGLAND
1. The London Tube: ‘Perhaps the finest of its kind in 15
the world5
2. English Philanthropy:‘Preparing for emigration and 21
colonial life’
3. The House of Music: ‘The greatest examples of Music and 23
Art are world possessions and unassailable even by the passions
and prejudices of the hour’
4. The Scott Expeditions: ‘The most interesting little sketch of 32
our mountain
5. Leonora: ‘She would dominate any room she entered’ 35
6. Influence on the Liberal Party: ‘Capital to develop the good 45
things which nature has stored up for the use and benefit
of mankind’
7. Anti-Germanism and its Consequences: ‘It will be a terrible 61
thing if we English go to war with us Germans’
AMERICA
8. Mediation Efforts: ‘The side which was temporarily elated 75
became increasingly attached to the fetish of total victory’
The Fall of the House of Speyer
viii
9. Ellin: ‘The qualities of essential womanhood as it was 83
understood in the days before feminism became synonymous
with unrest
10. Carlotta: A woman who greatly needed to be the wife and 91
muse of genius
11. US Railway Promotions: ‘Diminishing waste and giving 95
spectacular evidence of the productivity of modern labours
12. Cuban Loans: A good customer for our manufactured goods 108
13. Philippine Railroads: ‘Poor business propositions’ 110
14. Mexican Railroads: ‘Failure to recognize the raw materials of a 111
great social revolution
15. Brazilian Loans: ‘Brazil always will have a great future 117
16. Bolivian Railroads: ‘Like bleeding an anaemic body to leave it 125
destroyed’
17. Industrial and Municipal Investments: A landmark in the 128
history of revenue bond financing
GERMANY
18. Rehabilitating Central Europe: ‘We have not simply sold them 133
to the public. We have some ourselves
19. Last Days in Germany: ‘The Peace Treaty makes no provision 154
for the economic reconstruction of Europe. The diplomats ...
have created no substitute for the old economic units
20. Philanthropy and Twilight: ‘The leaden roller that flattens out 166
so many people has not passed over us
Epilogue James Speyer Kronthal:‘I can’t wait till 1984 188
Notes 201
Dramatis Personae 223
Index 237
The dramatic story of the last
Speyer Investment ba n king
of German descent, is surprise __
today, yet at the torn of the
Speyer was the third larcjesjt
firm in the United States, 6 ehiji^i
Kuhn, Loeb. it had brdncbe^iiML
- v -.
and New York, and the
included the Southern Pdeifig
Angeles Aqueduct, the
infrastructure of the new Cubd|
the major railroads of Mexici^
Ecuador and The Philippines*
major banking firm to finande
Republic, as well as providIrtig|S
Nations loans to Hungary, C|
and the newly invented reven^
v. ■ ^
of New York Authority.
Equally remarkable were the
achievements of the two brother#!
— James Speyer in New York
in London — and their families. Tl
sponsorship of the London Prom#*
VII and Poplar Hospitals and the
Gallery in England; the University
Speyer Animal Hospital, the Speyer*
Gifted and Talented Children, the Pi?
Society and the Museum of the City
the United States and the
the sulfa drug research of Paul Ehrlich
family
[hfeing
h and
kf u rt
Vet, the firm was doomed by the. nationalist
passions aroused by World War 1. Its English
partner was denaturalised and exiled; its American
partner enjoyed reduced standing because of his
German ancestry; and the firm s Frankfurt branch
withered from want of capital and closed with
the coming of the Third Reich, its German partner
fleeing into exile. The firm was dissolved in 1 939,
just before the outbreak of war, a surprisingly
anticlimactic end to one of the great international
banking dynasties of modern times. George W.
Liebmann here tells the story of the firm and the
family — shedding new light on the protagonists of
a remarkable dynasty, who came undone in the
dramatic years of the early twentieth century.
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