The global merchants : the enterprise and extravagance of the Sassoon dynasty / Joseph Sassoon
2022, First Edition. [London] : Penguin Books. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #459364
ISBN: 9780241388648
Physical description; xxxiii, 408 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour, and black and white), portraits, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Baghdad beginnings, 1802-30 -- Exile and a new life, 1831-9 -- Wars and opportunities, 1839-57 -- Branching out, 1858-64 -- Death and division, 1864-7 -- Competition with the Family, 1867-71 -- London calling, 1872-80 -- High society, 1880-94 -- The martiarch, 1895-1901 -- A new century, 1902-24 -- From Bombay to Shanghai, 1925-49 -- The final countdown, 1949-82. Subjects; Sassoon family. Jewish merchants India History. Merchants India History. International trade History. Jews, Iraqi India History. International trade. Jewish merchants. Merchants.
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