Jacob Schiff and the Art of Risk : American Financing of Japan's War with Russia (1904-1905) / Adam Gower.
Gower, Adam, author.
2018
HG2463.G685
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Title
Jacob Schiff and the Art of Risk : American Financing of Japan's War with Russia (1904-1905) / Adam Gower.
Author
Gower, Adam, author.
ISBN
9783319902661 (electronic book)
3319902660 (electronic book)
9783319902654
3319902652
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
HG2463.G685
Dewey Decimal Classification
332.1092
Summary
"Jacob Henry Schiff (1847–1920), a German-born American Jewish banker, facilitated critical loans for Japan in the early twentieth century. Working on behalf of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Schiff’s assertiveness in favour of Japan separated him from his fellow German Jewish financiers and the banking establishment generally. This book’s analysis differs from the consensus that Schiff funded Japan largely out of enmity towards Russia but rather sought to work with Japan for over thirty years. This was as much a factor in his actions surrounding the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) as his concern to thwart Russian antisemitism. Of interest to financial historians alongside Japanese historians and academics of both genres, this book provides a lively and thoroughly researched volume that precisely focuses on Schiff’s mastery of banking."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Palgrave studies in the history of finance.
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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Punch; Chapter 1 Introduction; Methodology; Chapter Overview; Chapter 2 Historiography; Overview; Two Biographies; Adler; Cohen; Pervasive Misunderstanding; Pogroms as a Motive for Finance; Financial Motive; Antisemitism; Schiff as a Jew in America; Comparison with Germany; Schiff as a Jewish Banker; The Rothschilds; Barings; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Jacob Schiff and His Cohort; Philanthropy; Political Efforts; Connection with Japan and Entanglements with Belmont; Admiration for Japan; Revolution; Chapter 4 Japan

Armament Build-UpTotal Expenditures: Summary; Sources and Flow of Funds; Chapter 5 The Business of Banking; Background and Definition; Syndicates; Exchange Listing; Motivating Syndicate Participants; Market Conditions and Relative Pricing; Scale of the Japanese Loans in Perspective; Chapter 6 The English Syndicate; Yokohama Specie Bank; Parr's Bank; Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC); Barings Bank; Chapter 7 Financing the War; Underwriting, Financing, and Executing the Loans; The First Loan Issue; The Second Loan Issue; The Third Loan Issue; The Fourth Loan Issue

The Success of the LoansThe Japan Deal in the Context of Schiff's Overall Business; Chapter 8 Impact and Conclusions; Japanese-Jewish Relations; Internationalization of Japan's Credit Markets; Shift from London to New York; Patterns of Trade; Eastern Trade; Political Impact; Japanese Imperialism; Bibliography; Index

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