@article{843664,
      recid = {843664},
      author = {Gower, Adam,},
      title = {Jacob Schiff and the Art of Risk : American Financing of  Japan's War with Russia (1904-1905) /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {"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."--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/843664},
}