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Tables of Contents for The House of Rothschild
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations in the text
xi
3
Tables
xiv
1
Acknowledgements
xv
3
Family tree
xviii
INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth
1
34
I Father and Sons
35
48
ONE "Our Blessed Father": Origins
35
25
MAYER AMSCHEL
THE DUAL REVOLUTION
TWO The Elector's Treasure
60
23
THE ORIGINS OF A MYTH
MAYER AMSCHEL'S LEGACY
II Brothers
83
236
THREE "The Commanding General" (1813-1815)
83
28
WAR AND PEACE
NATHAN'S WATERLOO
FRATERNITY
FOUR "A Court Always Leads to Something" (1816-1825)
111
28
THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE
"THE CHIEF ALLY OF THE HOLY ALLIANCE"
FINANCE AND REVOLUTION
SAVING AN OLD LADY
FIVE "Hue and Cry" (1826-1829)
139
25
PUBLIC RELATIONS
FROM CANNING TO WELLINGTON
STRINGS OF INFLUENCE
MONEY MAKES MONEY
SIX Amschel's Garden
164
26
"GOOD JEWS"
"A HEAVENLY GOOD DEED": EMANCIPATION
"THE EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY"
SEVEN Barons
190
20
SOCIETY
SNOBBERY
THE HONOURS "RACKET"
"FINE EDUCATION"
EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)
210
21
THE REVOLUTION AND THE RENTE
CONSOLS AND THE CONSTITUTION
NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
231
26
LINES OF COMMUNICATION
BANKERS' DIPLOMACY
GOLDEN CHAINS
UNDERWRITING PEACE
TEN The World's Bankers
257
34
THE PILLAR
THE ROTHSCHILD SYSTEM
THE ROTHSCHILD NETWORK
'CHANGE
ELEVEN "Il est mort" (1836)
291
28
A WEDDING AND A FUNERAL
LEGACY AND LEGEND
SUCCESSION
III Uncles and Nephews
319
162
TWELVE Love and Debt
319
35
THE CRIME AND PUNISHMENT OF HANNAH MAYER
CITY AND COUNTRY
ELITE PURSUITS
INVESTING IN ART
PIANO LESSONS
MEN OF LETTERS
THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
354
25
IBERIAN DILEMMAS
"THAT BLASTED COUNTRY": AMERICA
TROUBLE IN THREADNEEDLE STREET
FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
379
27
SPREADING THE NET
"ABSOLUMENT LE MAITRE DES FINANCES DE CE PAYS": BELGIUM
ROADS TO DAMASCUS
WALLS OF JERICHO
FIFTEEN "Satan Harnessed": Playing at Railways (1830-1846)
406
31
SALOMON'S LINE: THE NORDBAHN
FRANKFURT: THE TAUNUSBAHN
"THE CHIEF RABBI OF THE RIVE DROITE"
THE ENGLISH CONNECTION
THE IMPACT OF RAIL
AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS
SIXTEEN 1848 "THE WORST REVOLUTION THAT EVER HAPPENED"
437
44
THE THREAT TO PROPERTY
SURVIVAL
TRANQUILLITY AND ORDER
Appendix I: Prices and Purchasing Power
481
3
Appendix II: Exchange Rates and Selected Financial Statistics
484
2
Source Notes
486
113
Bibliography
599
28
Index
627