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Author:

Constable, Giles. author.

Title:

The Rothschilds and the Gold Rush : Benjamin Davidson and Heinrich Schliemann in California, 1851-52 / Giles Constable.

Publisher:

American Philosophical Society,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xiv, 115 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Subject:

California--Gold discoveries.
Gold mines and mining--California--History--19th century.
Business enterprises--San Francisco--San Francisco--History--19th century.
Davidson, Benjamin.
Schliemann, Heinrich,--1822-1890.
Rothschild family.
Bankers--London--London--History--19th century.
Banks and banking--London--London--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction by Malcolm Rohrbough -- Arriving in California -- Davidson in San Francisco (1849-1852) -- Schliemann in Sacramento (1851-1852) -- Parting of the ways.

Summary:

In this extraordinary monograph, based on a totally new array of sources, Giles Constable successfully chronicles the month-to-month, quarter-to-quarter cash transactions and other business between the Rothschild ownership and their agents in Sacramento, Benjamin Davidson and Heinrich Schliemann. In doing this, the author succeeds in presenting a case study embracing both the macroeconomics of the California Gold Rush vis-à-vis international finance as well as the microeconomics of as close as one can come to day-to-day issues of credit, cash exchange, wealth transference, insurance, and risk as experienced between 1851 and 1852--Back cover.

Series:

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge, 0065-9746 ; volume 105, part 4

ISBN:

1606180541 (alkaline paper)
9781606180549 (alkaline paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)909777225

LCCN:

2015019816

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)