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Towers of gold : how one Jewish immigrant named Isaias Hellman created California
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- Creator
- Frances Dinkelspiel
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008
- Physical Details
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- viii, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780312355265, 0312355262
- OCLC
- ocn223884934
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-360) and index.
- Introduction -- Panic -- New names, new lives -- Coming to Los Angeles -- A safe and a dream -- Marriage -- The Farmers and Merchants Bank -- The railroad -- Prosperity -- Transformation -- The Nevada Bank -- A death threat -- Trolleys and water -- Betrayal -- Wells Fargo -- Earthquake and fire -- Graft and cash -- Change -- War and anti-semitism -- The light fades -- Epilogue
Subjects
- Hellman, Isaias W. (Isaias William), 1842-1920.
- Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
- Jews, German -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
- Jewish bankers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
- Capitalists and financiers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
- Banks and banking -- California -- History -- 19th century.
- Banks and banking -- California -- History -- 20th century.