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Chernow, Ron.

The Warburgs: the twentieth-century odyssey of a remarkable Jewish family / Ron Chernow.

1st ed.

New York : Random House, ©1993.

xvii, 820 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Multigenerational biography of the Warburg family involved in business, politics, and society in Europe and America previously closed to Jews.

Warburg family.

Jewish bankers -- Biography.

Jews -- Germany -- Biography.

Jews -- United States -- Biography.

Biographies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-739) and index.

Business Week Best Business Books

George S. Eccles Prize for Economic Writing

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