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Banking on global markets: Deutsche Bank and the United States, 1870 to the present, by Christopher Kobrak [review]
journal contribution
posted on 2014-08-04, 14:10 authored by Jeremy LeamanChristopher Kobrak’s study of Germany’s largest and most successful private bank and
its dealings with the United States is a wonderful read, combining scrupulous attention to
the minutiae of business history with real stylistic panache. Notwithstanding some
unevenness in the structure and perceptions of individual issues, the book will certainly
appeal to a wide range of economic historians on both sides of the Atlantic as well as to a
broader audience of non-academic readers. It will appeal because, like the best histories
of individual enterprises, it is admirably contextualised in the economic and political
histories of both Europe and the United States – particularly in the earlier chapters – and
secondly because it features a fascinating cast of dynamic adventurer capitalists who
function as compelling vehicles of the narrative.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Politics and International Studies
Published in
BUSINESS HISTORY REVIEWVolume
83Issue
2Pages
435 - 438 (4)Citation
LEAMAN, J., 2009. Banking on global markets: Deutsche Bank and the United States, 1870 to the present, by Christopher Kobrak [review]. Business History Review, 83 (2), pp. 435-438.Publisher
Cambridge University Press (© Harvard Business School)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2009Notes
This article has been accepted for publication and has appeared in a revised form, subsequent to peer review and/or editorial input by Cambridge University Press, in Business History Review published by Cambridge University Press.ISSN
0007-6805eISSN
2044-768XPublisher version
Language
- en