Rothschilds and the Gold Rush: Benjamin Davidson and Heinrich Schliemann in California, 1851-52, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 1

by Giles Constable

In this extraordinary monograph, Constable chronicles the month-to-month, quarter-to-quarter cash transactions and other business between the Rothschild ownership and their agents in Sacramento, Benjamin Davidson and Heinrich Schliemann. Presents a case study embracing both the macroeconomics of the California Gold Rush vis-a-vis international finance, and the microeconomics of the day-to-day issues of credit, cash exchange, wealth transference, insurance,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606180541
• ISBN13: 9781606180549
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 130 Pages