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Acenturyago,J.PierpontMorganbestrodethefinancialworldlikeacolossus.TheorganizingforcebehindGeneralElectric,U.S.Steel,andvastrailroadempires,heservedfordecadesasAmerica'sunofficialcentralbanker:afewmonthsafterhedie
作者简介
JeanStrouseistheauthorofAliceJames,ABiography,whichwontheBancroftPrizeinAmericanHistoryandDiplomacy,andMorgan:AmericanFinancier.HeressaysandreviewshaveappearedinTheNewYorker,TheNewYorkReviewofBooks,TheNewYorkTimes,Newsweek,ArchitecturalDigest,andSlate.ShehasbeenpresidentoftheSocietyofAmericanHistorians,aconsultant(oralhistorian)totheBillandMelindaGatesFoundation,andafellowoftheJohnD.andCatherineT.MacArthurFoundation.AmemberoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,theAmericanPhilosophicalSociety,andtheexecutivecounciloftheAuthorsGuild,sheiscurrentlytheSueAnnandJohnWeinbergDirectoroftheDorothyandLewisB.CullmanCenterforScholarsandWritersatTheNewYorkPublicLibrary.ShelivesinNewYorkCity.