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A. P. Giannini : Banker of America by Felice A. Bonadio (1994, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520082494

ISBN-139780520082496

eBay Product ID (ePID)156568

Product Key Features

Number of Pages488 Pages

Publication NameA. P. Giannini : Banker of America

LanguageEnglish

SubjectBanks & Banking, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Business

Publication Year1994

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History

AuthorFelice A. Bonadio

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight32.6 Oz

Item Length6.2 in

Item Width9.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN93-025768

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal332.123092

SynopsisThis book offers a systematic study of the trials for superstition in the Spanish Inquisition's two tribunals in Valencia and Barcelona in the period 1478-1700. One of the most intriguing contrasts between the trials in Northern and Southern Spain is that while both areas saw a large number of trials for superstition, Valencia did not conduct trials for demonological witchcraft. Catalonia, on the other hand, saw a large number of such trials, the majority of which occurred in secular courts. These contrasts bring into focus significant differences in culture and mythology. The Barcelona Inquisition was unable to enforce its jurisdiction over trials for diabolical witchcraft, while the Valencian Inquisition was able to do just that because Valencians rejected the demonological concept of witchcraft. This was due mainly to the Valencians' own magical culture which emphasised man's ability to control and force demons, but also to the fact that Moriscos formed the majority of the rural population, which was the primary focus of witchcraft trials in Europe. By comparing the Catalan and Valencian tribunals, the book thus seeks to explain the absence in the Southern half of Spain of brujas, witches who gave their souls to the devil, flew through the night, took part in wild orgies at the witches' sabbat, and caused death and destruction through magical means., Perhaps more than any other individual, Amadeo Peter Giannini brought California into the twentieth century. Extending credit to ordinary working people, creating a financial empire through his branch banks, this son of Italian immigrants enabled California to advance faster than any other state in the decades before World War II. But who was A. P. Giannini? Felice A. Bonadio's superior biography reveals the founder of Bank of America in his many roles, most notably that of a bold, ruthless financial genius keenly aware of his minority status in a world dominated by the eastern Protestant elite. Yet this is more than the success story of an underdog. Bonadio profiles a man of immense talent who was relentlessly eager to serve "the people." Hard-driving, obsessive about defending his empire against its enemies, Giannini could be both a good hater and a good friend. He was one of the first American businessmen to promote employee ownership and profit sharing, and when he died in 1949 at age 79, nearly forty percent of B of A's shares were owned by its employees. Little interested in personal wealth, Giannini's own estate was modest at the time of his death. Much of Bonadio's research is from the private papers of Federal Reserve Bank officials and confidential Bank of America archives. Recollections of Giannini family members and former bank executives are also here, lending historical resonance and color to this portrait of a man whose influence endures many years after his death. Giannini prided himself on his compulsive work habits, which he justified with one of his frequently repeated aphorisms, "Be first in everything." Once, on horseback to solicit a consignment order from one of the valley's biggest growers, he suddenly spotted a competitor's team in the distance headed in the same direction. Remembering a deep slough that stood between him and the farm, he quickly cut across the field, tethered his horse to a tree, and swam to the other side. Then he ran the rest of the way to the farmhouse. By the time the other merchant had arrived, Giannini was negotiating a deal with the grower.

LC Classification NumberHG2463.G5B66 1994