Jump to ratings and reviews
Rate this book

The House of Rothschild #1-2

two volume set: THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD: Vol. 1 : Money's Prophets, 1798 - 1848; vol. 2 : The World's Banker, 1849 - 1999

Rate this book
《時代》雜誌百大影響人物,被授權研究羅斯柴爾德檔案庫資料的史學家
尼爾.弗格森,全面解密世界上最神祕金融家族的經典歷史之作

\若金錢與權力是形塑現代社會的兩大要素,
那麼羅斯柴爾德家族便是二十一世紀以前左右歐洲世界的主宰。/

作者尼爾.弗格森被選為《時代》雜誌百大影響力之人,作為貫通歷史與財經的史學家,他以溫莎皇家檔案庫與羅斯柴爾德檔案庫中的珍貴收藏為基礎,藉由破譯其家族所使用的古老希伯來文,爬梳數萬封私人書信與文件紀錄,輔以插圖、圖表與彩色照片,以時間為順序詳述羅斯柴爾德家族近乎等同於歐洲金融史的發展過程,並且橫跨經濟、社會、政治和外交等領域,建構起這個家族在倫敦、巴黎、法蘭克福、維也納、那不勒斯的全像。

邁爾.阿姆謝爾,十八世紀的法蘭克福貧民窟的一介猶太人成為宮廷銀行家,憑藉其遠見與家族凝聚將財富傳承給了五個兒子,建立跨國家族企業銀行體系;爾後他的兒子自布料商人起家,以敏銳商業觸角奠定掌握金流的跨國經濟霸權。家族團結與猶太教是羅斯柴爾德家族的核心與準則,他們利用財富幫助歐洲受壓迫的猶太人爭取完整的公民及政治權,辦學、建醫院,並且同時在文化、藝術、建築、園藝等領域也有涉略。

戰爭與金錢在國際政治的河道上匯流,他們持續透過債權借貸影響各國政府的局勢,直到一次世界大戰前仍是世界上最大的銀行;十九世紀工業革命帶來的革新,加上君主政體和中產階級經濟遭受到的挑戰,進一步改變了羅斯柴爾德家族的地位。除了銀行業務,他們更進入鐵路、礦產、葡萄酒與藝術市場,走上多元經營之路。縱然在第一次世界大戰與第二次大戰的摧殘下,金融中心轉移至紐約,使得家族蒙受重大損失,然而,謹守著邁爾.阿姆謝爾祖訓的家族成員們卻依舊能靈活地化險為夷,使家族榮光永續傳承,造就近代史上最龐大的金融王朝。

《羅斯柴爾德家族傳》以清晰的脈絡、廣泛的深度與跌宕的戲劇性,破除流傳久遠的傳說,生動還原了神祕家族成員的樣貌,更揭開十九世紀全球經濟政治背後推手的迷人故事。

Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

3 people are currently reading
35 people want to read

About the author

Niall Ferguson

104 books3,352 followers
Niall Ferguson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, former Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and current senior fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and founder and managing director of advisory firm Greenmantle LLC.

The author of 15 books, Ferguson is writing a life of Henry Kissinger, the first volume of which--Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist--was published in 2015 to critical acclaim. The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild won the Wadsworth Prize for Business History. Other titles include Civilization: The West and the Rest, The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die and High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg.

Ferguson's six-part PBS television series, "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World," based on his best-seller, won an International Emmy for best documentary in 2009. Civilization was also made into a documentary series. Ferguson is a recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Service as well as other honors. His most recent book is The Square and the Tower: Networks on Power from the Freemasons to Facebook (2018).

(Source: Amazon)

Ratings & Reviews

What do you think?
Rate this book

Friends & Following

Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!

Community Reviews

5 stars
3 (75%)
4 stars
0 (0%)
3 stars
1 (25%)
2 stars
0 (0%)
1 star
0 (0%)
No one has reviewed this book yet.

Can't find what you're looking for?

Get help and learn more about the design.