Unprecedented power
Fenberg, Steven.
Unprecedented power Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the common good / [electronic resource] : Steven Fenberg. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 611 p. :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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).
9781603445719 1603445714
Jones, Jesse H. 1874-1956.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation--History.
Houston Endowment Inc.--History.
Philanthropists--Texas--Houston--Biography.
Capitalists and financiers--Texas--Houston--Biography.
Houston (Tex.)--Biography.
Electronic books.
E748.J764 / F46 2011
973.917092 B
Unprecedented power Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the common good / [electronic resource] : Steven Fenberg. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 611 p. :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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).
9781603445719 1603445714
Jones, Jesse H. 1874-1956.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation--History.
Houston Endowment Inc.--History.
Philanthropists--Texas--Houston--Biography.
Capitalists and financiers--Texas--Houston--Biography.
Houston (Tex.)--Biography.
Electronic books.
E748.J764 / F46 2011
973.917092 B