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Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the common good

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Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the common good

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Texas A&M University Press
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English
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611

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Subjects

Philanthropists, Capitalists and financiers, Houston Endowment Inc, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Biography, History, Jones, jesse holman, 1874-1956, Texas, biography, Houston (tex.)

People

Jesse H. Jones (1874-1956)

Places

Houston, Houston (Tex.), Texas

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Table of Contents

Introduction
The most powerful person in the nation
Houston
We had a good table (1650-1898)
The town pump (1898-1914)
The national stage
Give until it hurts (1914-1918)
The family won't discuss it (1919-1924)
Draped and drowned in decorations (1924-1928)
The Great Depression
Never rope a steer going downhill (1928-1932)
At the end of our string (1933)
Go directly to the RFC (1934)
Friendly, industrious, intelligent dollars (1935)
No actual ultimate cost (1936)
We are not going haywire (1937)
Spenders and lenders (1938)
World War II
An avalanche of orders (1939)
Just another loan (1940)
You'd better see Jesse (1941)
A material more precious than gold (1942)
Ask God to stop him from lying (1943)
Jump when the gong sounds (1944)
A very difficult letter to write (1945)
Home
It has grown out of bounds (1946-1956).

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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College Station

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Dewey Decimal Class
973.917092, B
Library of Congress
E748.J764 F46 2011, E748.J764F46 2011

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xiii, 611 p. :
Number of pages
611

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2011006491
OCLC/WorldCat
702647984

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