Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good
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Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good
Avis (9)
11 Mai 2015A fine, well-researched biography about a key figure in the Roosevelt administration whom many have forgotten now
It taught me a lot about a man who was a shadowy figure until then to me.
31 Décembre 2014... Documentary on the Men who made Houston and Texas great!
A well written Documentary on the Men who made Houston and Texas great!.
25 Mars 2014For all you Houston TX history buffs
Intriguing story of how Jesse Jones acquired power at an early age working for his father and then how he shaped the fourth largest city in the United States.
23 Mai 2013Former Library Book
I was uncomfortable once I realized it was a library book.
4 Janvier 2013Gift Requested
I purchased this book for a couple I am friends with.
4 Décembre 2012Houston, we have a problem....
The moral of this biography should be - to paraphrase George Santayana - \"those who do not study history are doomed to repeat its mistakes.
15 Juin 2012Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism and the Common Good
We need a leader like Jesse Jones today - an entrepreneur with only an eighth-grade education who rocketed to Houston to a world class city and as the chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation saved the country during the depression.
15 Juin 2012More historical than biographical
Steven Fenberg, the author, is currently employed by the Houston Endowment, created by Mr and Mrs Jones, as the Community Affairs Officer.
25 Janvier 2012Capitalism At Its Best
I just finished reading a very interesting book about an American Hero that had unbelievable influence and power beginning during the Great Depression and continuing through the Second World War.