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001 2011006491
003 DLC
005 20111102083114.0
008 110210s2011 txua b 001 0beng c
010 $a 2011006491
020 $a9781603444347 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a1603444343 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(TXA)3848463
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050 00 $aE748.J764$bF46 2011
082 00 $a973.917092$aB$222
100 1 $aFenberg, Steven.
245 10 $aUnprecedented power :$bJesse Jones, Capitalism, and the common good /$cSteven Fenberg.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aCollege Station :$bTexas A&M University Press,$cc2011.
300 $axiii, 611 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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).
600 10 $aJones, Jesse H.$q(Jesse Holman),$d1874-1956.
650 0 $aCapitalists and financiers$zTexas$zHouston$vBiography.
650 0 $aPhilanthropists$zTexas$zHouston$vBiography.
610 20 $aHouston Endowment Inc.$xHistory.
610 20 $aReconstruction Finance Corporation$xHistory.
651 0 $aHouston (Tex.)$vBiography.