Otto Kahn: Art, Money, and Modern Time

by Theresa M. Collins

In the early decades of the twentieth century, almost everyone in modern theater, literature, or film knew of Otto Kahn (1867-1934), and those who read the financial press or followed the news from Wall Street could scarcely have missed his name. A partner at one of America's premier private banks, he played a leading role in reorganizing the U.S. railroad system and supporting the Allied war effort in World War I. The German-Jewish Kahn was also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807826960
• ISBN13: 9780807826966
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"