TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fenberg,Steven
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Unprecedented power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the common good 
SN  - 9781603445719
AV  - E748.J764 F46 2011
U1  - 973.917092B 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - College Station
PB  - Texas A&M University Press
KW  - Jones, Jesse H.
KW  - Reconstruction Finance Corporation
KW  - History
KW  - Houston Endowment Inc
KW  - Philanthropists
KW  - Texas
KW  - Houston
KW  - Biography
KW  - Capitalists and financiers
KW  - Houston (Tex.)
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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)
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781603445719/
ER  -