Guggenheim

Author: (USA) Unger
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The wealth of the Guggenheim family initially came from their copper mining business. In the early 20th century, the Guggenheim family was at the peak of their era. Their mining operations made them one of the wealthiest families in the United States and the second-richest Jewish family in the world,. As members of New York's "Our Crowd," the Swiss immigrant Meyer and his seven sons built a vast commercial empire, later expanding into publishing, aviation, and horse racing. However, the family cohesion (as well as their wealth, power, and religious beliefs), which served as the cornerstone of their success, collapsed in later generations. Meanwhile, members of the Guggenheim family also achieved remarkable and distinctive accomplishments in painting, architecture, publishing, and archaeology. They guided and propelled the modernist movement in art, leaving a fresh and glorious mark on history. This is a legendary story of how a German-Jewish family became one of America's tycoons. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Owen Unger and his wife Debbie Unger, with in-depth research, vivid and straightforward writing, and engaging narration, describe the history of a family's rise, prosperity, decline, and their achievements in business, art, and aviation.