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Tables of Contents for The House of Rothschild
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations in the text
xi
Tables
xiii
Acknowledgements
xv
Family tree
xvi
Preface
xxi
I ∼ Uncles and Nephews
Charlotte's Dream (1849--1858)
3
47
The Orthodox and the Reformed
Lionel Stands
Disraeli
Parliament and Peers
``A Real Triumph''
Cambridge
Great Exhibitions and Crystal Palaces
The Era of Mobility (1849--1858)
50
40
Two Emperors
The Credit Mobilier
The Gold Rush
Public Finance and the Crimean War
The Counter-Attack
Nationalism and the Multinational (1859--1863)
90
30
The Finances of ``Unification''
From Turin to Zaragoza
Napoleon at Ferrieres
The Roots of British Neutrality
The American Wars
Blood and Silver (1863--1867)
120
34
German Unification: The Financial Background
Dress Rehersal: Poland
Schleswig-Holstein
Privatisation and Diplomacy
A Meeting at Biarritz
The Road to Koniggratz
Silver Linings
Bonds and Iron (1867--1870)
154
35
Latin Illusions
The Isolation of Austria-Hungary
The Economic Origins of the German Reich
The Russian Option
II ∼ Cousins
Reich, Republic, Rentes (1870--1873)
189
31
Bismarck at Ferrieres
``Le Pivot d'une Combinaison'': Reparations
Soll und Haben
``The Caucasian Royal Family''
220
37
The Fourth Generation
Partners
Peers and Peerages
Jewish Questions
257
27
Anti-Semitism
Responses
``On the Side of Imperialism'' (1874--1885)
284
34
The Financial Politics of Empire: Egypt
Another Eastern Question
From Investment to Invasion
Party Politics
318
21
From Gladstone to Disraeli
Politics in ``Bucks''
Unionism
Churchill and Rosebery
Conservatism in France
The Risks and Returns of Empire (1885--1902)
339
30
The Risks of Informal Empire: The Barings Crisis
``Staunch Monometallists''
An Empire Underground
Rhodes and the Rothschilds
The Pitfalls of Formal Empire: The Boer War
Finances and Alliances (1885--1906)
369
42
Wars not Fought
The Franco-Russian Entente
Italy
Anglo-German Amity
The Rationale of the Entente
The Anglo-Russian Antagonism
Austria
The Military-Financial Complex (1906--1914)
411
30
``Too Much Lord Rothschild''
``Hatred Let Loose''
III ∼ Descendants
Deluges (1915--1945)
441
38
The Fifth Generation
The Impact of War
``Dear Lord Rothschild'': The Balfour Declaration
The Doldrums
The Crash
The Flood
EPILOGUE
479
24
Continuation
The N. M. Rothschild Group
Appendix 1: Exchange Rates
503
2
Appendix 2: Selected Financial Statistics
505
5
Notes
510
17
Index
527