{"product_id":"the-last-ships-from-hamburg-business-rivalry-and-the-race-to-save-russias-jews-on-the-eve-of-world-war-i-9780062971883","title":"The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Thoroughly researched and beautifully written history.\"--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Absorbing . . . a David-and-Goliath tale of the industrial age.\"--Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA propulsive human drama that chronicles the mass exodus of Jews from Eastern Europe to America in the early years of the twentieth century, and the men who made it possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver thirty years, from 1890 to 1921, 2.5 million Jews, fleeing discrimination and violence in their homelands of Eastern Europe, arrived in the United States. Many sailed on steamships from Hamburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis mass exodus was facilitated by three businessmen whose involvement in the Jewish-American narrative has been largely forgotten: Jacob Schiff, the managing partner of the investment bank Kuhn, Loeb \u0026amp; Company, who used his immense wealth to help Jews to leave Europe; Albert Ballin, managing director of the Hamburg-American Line, who created a transportation network of trains and steamships to carry them across continents and an ocean; and J. P. Morgan, mastermind of the International Mercantile Marine (I.M.M.) trust, who tried to monopolize the lucrative steamship business. Though their goals were often contradictory, together they made possible a migration that spared millions from persecution. Descendants of these immigrants included Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Estée Lauder, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Fanny Brice, Lauren Bacall, the Marx Brothers, David Sarnoff, Al Jolson, Sam Goldwyn, Ben Shahn, Hank Greenberg, Moses Annenberg, and many more--including Ujifusa's great grandparents. That is their legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from the shtetls of Russia and the ports of Hamburg to the mansions of New York's Upper East Side and the picket lines outside of the notorious Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, The Last Ships from Hamburg is a history that unfolds on both an intimate and epic scale. Meticulously researched, masterfully told, Ujifusa's story offers original insight into the American experience, connecting banking, shipping, politics, immigration, nativism, and war--and delivers crucial insight into the burgeoning refugee crisis of our own time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree men--a banker, a shipping magnate, and a monopolist--changed the course of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Forgotten Chapter of Jewish History: \u003c\/b\u003e Follow the perilous journey of 2.5 million Jews from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to the ports of Hamburg and the promise of a new life in America.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMaritime Power and Monopoly: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover the untold story of Albert Ballin, head of the Hamburg-American Line, and his rival J. P. Morgan, who sought to control the profitable transatlantic steamship business.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Philanthropist and the Financier: \u003c\/b\u003e Learn how investment banker Jacob Schiff used his immense wealth to facilitate the mass exodus, often putting him at odds with the other titans of the age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Rise of American Nativism: \u003c\/b\u003e Explore the political forces that fought to close America's golden door, connecting the Gilded Age immigration debate to the refugee crises of today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Ujifusa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.31w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062971883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUjifusa, Steven:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Ujifusa\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eA Man and His Ship\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBarons of the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard University and a master's degree in historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania and has given presentations across the country and on the high seas. He is the recipient of a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence from the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, and the Athenaeum of Philadelphia's Literary Award. He lives with his wife, a pediatric emergency room physician, and his two sons, in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Steven Ujifusa \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792950542493,"sku":"9780062971883","price":37.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e62a115c-5274-45e0-8c54-617e09577433.jpg?v=1774985385","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-last-ships-from-hamburg-business-rivalry-and-the-race-to-save-russias-jews-on-the-eve-of-world-war-i-9780062971883","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}