J.P. Morgan & Co. and the Crisis of Capitalism: From the Wall Street Crash to World War II

ISBN-13: 9781108498371 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Ontario) Horn Martin (McMaster University

Opis

Examines how J.P. Morgan, then the world's leading bank, responded to the greatest crisis in the history of financial capitalism.

Recenzje

'A detailed look at the complicated history of one the world's most influential financial institutions … Recommended.' R. S. Hewett, Choice

Spis treści

List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. 'The Heart of Contemporary Capitalism': The Partners and their Bank; 2. J.P. Morgan & Co. at home and abroad in the 1920s; 3. The Young Plan, the Bank for International Settlements and the Wall Street Crash, 1929–30; 4. 'The End of the World'? The 1931 Crises; 5. 'Witchcraft': J.P. Morgan & Co., Hoover, and the Depression in the United States, 1930–1933; 6. 'In the storm cellar': J.P. Morgan & Co. and the New Deal 1933–36; 7. J.P. Morgan & Co., and the foreign policy of the New Deal: Germany, Italy, Japan and the Nye committee, 1933–37; 8. The Coming of War and the End of the Partnership, 1937–40; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.