Unprecedented Power : Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fenberg, Steven
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jones, Jesse H. > (Jesse Holman), > 1874-1956.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation > History.
Houston Endowment Inc. > History.
Philanthropists > Texas > Houston > Biography.
Capitalists and financiers > Texas > Houston > Biography.
Houston (Tex.) > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The most powerful person in the nation
  • Houston
  • We had a good table (1650-1898)
  • The town pump (1898-1914)
  • The national stage
  • Give until it hurts (1914-1918)
  • The family won't discuss it (1919-1924)
  • Draped and drowned in decorations (1924-1928)
  • The Great Depression
  • Never rope a steer going downhill (1928-1932)
  • At the end of our string (1933)
  • Go directly to the RFC (1934)
  • Friendly, industrious, intelligent dollars (1935)
  • No actual ultimate cost (1936)
  • We are not going haywire (1937)
  • Spenders and lenders (1938)
  • World War II
  • An avalanche of orders (1939)
  • Just another loan (1940)
  • You'd better see Jesse (1941)
  • A material more precious than gold (1942)
  • Ask God to stop him from lying (1943)
  • Jump when the gong sounds (1944)
  • A very difficult letter to write (1945)
  • Home
  • It has grown out of bounds (1946-1956).

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