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Author:

Sassoon, Joseph, author.

Title:

The Sassoons [large print] : the great global merchants and the making of an empire / Joseph Sassoon.

Format:

[large print] :

Edition:

First large print edition.

Publisher:

Random House Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xxiv, 672 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sassoon, David,--1792-1864--Family.
Sassoon family.
David Sassoon & Co.--History.
Jewish families--Great Britain.
Jewish businesspeople--London--London--Biography.
Jewish businesspeople--Shanghai--Shanghai--Biography.
Jewish businesspeople--Mumbai--Mumbai--Biography.
Opium trade--India--History--19th century.
Jews--Baghdad--Baghdad--Biography.
Large type books.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.

Other Titles:

Global merchants

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-627) and index.

Summary:

Chronicling the making of a dynasty, one of the great untold sagas of a gilded Jewish Baghdadi family who started from nothing, this riveting story shows how they built a vast empire through finance and trade that reached across three continents, and ultimately changed the destinies of nations.

ISBN:

0593679024
9780593679029

LCCN:

bl2022035987

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)