Publications

The Death of the Banker

Type
Link
Cost
Paid
Published
1997
Full Name
The Death of the Banker: The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small Investor

The Death of the Banker examines the forces that made dynasties like the Morgans, the Warburgs, and the Rothschilds the financial arbiters of the early twentieth century and then rendered them virtually obsolete by the century's end. It evokes both the grand theater of capital and the personal dramas of its most fascinating protagonists. Glittering with perception and anecdote, The Death of the Banker is at once a panorama of twentieth-century finance and a guide to the new era of giant mutual funds on Wall Street.

"For anyone interested in the world behind the business-page headlines, this is the book to read.

— Publishers Weekly


"Chernow . . . delivers a sound, accessible account of the forces shaping capital, credit, currency, and securities markets on the eve of a new millennium. "

— Kirkus Reviews