Денежные короли. Эпическая история еврейских иммигрантов, преобразовавших Уолл-стрит и сформировавших современную Америку

Amerika - strana immigrantov. Istorii͡u strany, so vsemi eë dostizhenii͡ami i porazhenii͡ami, pisali li͡udi, sʺekhavshiesi͡a tuda so vsego sveta, i ikh potomki. Kak metko zamechaet avtor knigi: "…nekotorye iz velichaĭshikh finansovykh institutov mira, kompanii, stavshie dominirui͡ushchimi na Uoll-strit i sposobstvovavshie promyshlennym preobrazovanii͡am v Amerike, rodilisʹ iz shatkikh derevi͡annykh telezhek i puzatykh kholshchovykh ri͡ukzakov". V dannom proizvedenii podrobno proslezhivaetsi͡a istorii͡a evreĭskikh immigrantov, dobivshikhsi͡a ogromnykh uspekhov na finansovom poprishche. Oni nachinali so stranstvui͡ushchikh raznoschikov i torgovt͡sev, a v itoge nekotorye smogli sozdatʹ sobstvennye imperii, diktui͡ushchie finansovui͡u politiku SShA, a inye prosto stali ochenʹ obespechennymi li͡udʹmi. Istorii͡a vozniknovenii͡a, stanovlenii͡a i prot͡svetanii͡a znamenitykh amerikanskikh firm otrazhaet finansovui͡u ėvoli͡ut͡sii͡u strany. A rasskaz o filantropicheskoĭ dei͡atelʹnosti bankirov, napravlennoĭ, v osnovnom, na podderzhku iskusstva prolivaet svet na kulʹturnoe razvitie Ameriki. Avtor knigi sam potomok immigrantov, i ego glubokoe pogruzhenie v temu delaet povestvovanie zhivym i iskrennim.

America is a country of immigrants. The history of the country, with all its achievements and defeats, was written by people who came there from all over the world, and their descendants. As the author of the book aptly notes: "... some of the world's greatest financial institutions, the companies that became dominant on Wall Street and contributed to the industrial transformation in America, were born out of rickety wooden trolleys and bulbous canvas backpacks." This work traces in detail the history of Jewish immigrants who have achieved great success in the financial field. They started out as itinerant peddlers and merchants, and eventually some were able to create their own empires dictating U.S. financial policy, while others simply became very wealthy people. The history of the emergence, formation and prosperity of famous American firms reflects the financial evolution of the country. And the story about the philanthropic activities of bankers, aimed mainly at supporting the arts, sheds light on the cultural development of America. The author of the book is himself a descendant of immigrants, and his deep immersion in the subject makes the narrative lively and sincere.