Jacob Schiff and the Art of Risk

American Financing of Japan's War with Russia (1904-1905)

Adam Gower (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 338 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-90265-4 (ISBN)

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Jacob Henry Schiff (1847-1920), a German-born American Jewish banker, facilitated critical loans for Japan in the early twentieth century. Working on behalf of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Schiff's assertiveness in favour of Japan separated him from his fellow German Jewish financiers and the banking establishment generally. This book's analysis differs from the consensus that Schiff funded Japan largely out of enmity towards Russia but rather sought to work with Japan for over thirty years. This was as much a factor in his actions surrounding the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) as his concern to thwart Russian antisemitism. Of interest to financial historians alongside Japanese historians and academics of both genres, this book provides a lively and thoroughly researched volume that precisely focuses on Schiff's mastery of banking.

Adam Gower is a bilingual, 30-year veteran in real estate, banking, and finance who is a Ph.D. graduate of the University College London in history. He has held senior management positions at some of the largest companies and institutions in the United States including East West Bank, Colony Capital, and Universal and Paramount Studios. During the 1990’s he lived in Japan, working as the President and CEO of Universal Studios, Asia Pacific Region, where he was engaged in extensive business transactions and conducted press conferences entirely in Japanese. Dr. Gower is a 14- year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department where he served as a fully sworn, 24/7 volunteer peace officer and where, for a brief spell, he worked with Asian gang investigators, finishing his career in the risk management division. He lives and works in between Beverly Hills and San Luis Obispo, California, has taught investment and finance classes at Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo, and produces and hosts a nationally syndicated podcast at the National Real Estate Forum that enjoys a database of contacts in excess of 10,000 people.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2.- Historiography.- Chapter 3. Jacob Schiff and His Cohort.- Chapter 4. Japan.- Chapter 5. The Business of Banking.- Chapter 6. The English Syndicate.- Chapter 7. Financing the War.- Chapter 8. Impact and Conclusions.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.07.2018
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
Zusatzinfo	XV, 338 p. 9 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	577 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
	Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
Schlagworte	Banking • English syndicate banks • Foreign Capital • Jacob Henry Schiff • Jacob Schiff • loans to Japan • Russo-Japanese war
ISBN-10	3-319-90265-2 / 3319902652
ISBN-13	978-3-319-90265-4 / 9783319902654
Zustand	Neuware