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_q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
020 _a9781299054042
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049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aFenberg, Steven.
_e1
245 1 0 _aUnprecedented power :
_bJesse Jones, Capitalism, and the common good /
_cSteven Fenberg.
250 _afirst edition.
260 _aCollege Station :
_bTexas A and M University Press,
_c(c)2011.
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 611 pages) :
_billustrations, portraits
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _aIntroduction : the most powerful person in the nation --
_tHouston: 1850-1898 : we had a good table ; 1898-1914 : the town pump --
_tThe national stage: 1914-1918 : give until it hurts ; 1919-1924 : the family won't discuss it ; 1924-1928 : draped and drowned in decorations --
_tThe Great Depression --
_t1928-1932 : Never rope a steer going downhill ; 1933 : at the end of our string ; 1934 : go directly to the RFC ; 1935 : friendly, industrious, intelligent dollars ; 1936 : no actual ultimate cost ; 1937 : we are not going haywire ; 1938 : spenders and lenders --
_tWorld War II: 1939 : an avalanche of orders ; 1940 : just another loan ; 1941 : you'd better see Jesse ; 1942 : a material more precious than gold ; 1943 : ask God to stop him from lying ; 1944 : jump when the gong sounds ; 1945 : a very difficult letter to write --
_tHome: 1946-1956 : it has grown out of bounds.
520 0 _aAs President Obama began to unveil sweeping government programs to restore the crippled economy, the public and media drew numerous comparisons with the actions of Franklin Roosevelt, who faced the grim prospects of the Great Depression almost eighty years earlier. Steven Fenberg tells the story of Jesse Holman Jones, the Houston businessman who went to Washington as an appointed official and provided the pragmatic leadership that salvaged capitalism during the Great Depression and militarized industry in time to fight and win World War II. Jones-an entrepreneur with an eigh.
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600 1 0 _aJones, Jesse H.
_q(Jesse Holman),
_d1874-1956.
610 2 0 _aHouston Endowment Inc.
_xHistory.
610 2 0 _aReconstruction Finance Corporation
_xHistory.
650 0 _aCapitalists and financiers
_zTexas
_zHouston
_vBiography.
650 0 _aPhilanthropists
_zTexas
_zHouston
_vBiography.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=666876&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
_zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell