The Sassoons : the great global merchants and the making of an empire
by Sassoon, Joseph (Author)
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Summary
"A spectacular story, the making of a dynasty, one of the great untold sagas of a gilded Jewish Bagdadi family-the merchant princes of the orient, that built a vast empire through finance and trade: opium, cotton, oil, shipping, banking, that reached across three continents, and ultimately changed t... Full description
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English
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English
Edition
First United States edition.
Subjects
Sassoon, David, > 1792-1864 > Family.
Jewish families > Great Britain.
Jewish businesspeople > England > London > Biography.
Jewish businesspeople > China > Shanghai > Biography.
Jewish businesspeople > India > Mumbai > Biography.
Opium trade > India > History > 19th century.
Jews > Iraq > Baghdad > Biography.