"Our Crowd": The Great Jewish Families of New York (Modern Jewish History)

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Summary: Engaging history
Review: A very interesting history of the great Jewish families of New York. Birmingham flings the door open on some of the most reclusive and secretive oligopolies in business history. Not only is it an eye opening history of the German jews in New York but it is engaging and interesting to read. It does not read like a textbook. Birmingham has really done his homework. If you want to learn about some real eccentric/succesful personalities and about the German jewish families ofNew York, this is the best book on the subject.

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Summary: "Our Crowd"
Review: Nice book but I actually found it a little bit boring at the end. However, you should read it to get the full picture about investment banks that were created by Jews. I reccomend to read "The New Crowd" after you finish reading this book. You can say that "The New Crowd" is part II of "Our Crowd" even though it was written by different writers.

Rating:
Summary: "Our Crowd"
Review: Nice book but I actually found it a little bit boring at the end. However, you should read it to get the full picture about investment banks that were created by Jews. I reccomend to read "The New Crowd" after you finish reading this book. You can say that "The New Crowd" is part II of "Our Crowd" even though it was written by different writers.

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Summary: The book has too much in it about motor oil
Review: This is an excellent book -- no doubt about it. Mr. Birmingham is in command of his facts. But there are just too many asides in here about shocks, struts and motor oil. Car lovers can read many other books -- this one should have stuck to the subject of Jews in America. But overall, it's a good book