Banking on Global Markets : Deutsche Bank and the United States, 1870 to Present

Series Editors' Preface xi Preface and Acknowledgements xiii Abbreviations xix Overview of the Title and Terrain 1(23) Section I On Golden Chariots - Deutsche Bank's U.S. Business 1870 to 1914 Introduction 18(6) First Steps: Trade Financing and Henry Villard 24(21) Deutsche Bank and American Electrification 45(17) The Northern Pacific Bankruptcy Saga 62(30) The Fallout 92(12) Other Transportation and Commercial Investments 104(22) A Taste for Start-ups: Deutsche Bank as Venture Capitalist in the United States 126(18) Transitions: American Banking, Deutsche Bank and German-American Politics on the Eve of World War I 144(25) Section II Deutsche Bank and the United States During the ``Great Disorder,'' 1914-1957 Introduction 166(3) Personal, Communication, and Financial Breakdowns: From Banking to Blockade Running 169(14) War Supplies, Espionage, and Expropriation 183(16) Salvaging Assets and Business Prospects in the War's Immediate Aftermath 199(16) Deutsche Bank and Rebuilding Cross-border Financial Flows 215(12) Deutsche Bank and the Collapse of the Fragile World Order 227(21) The Second Phoenix: The War and the Rebuilding of Deutsche Bank 248(30) Section III Renewal and Reentry: 1957 to 2000 Introduction 272(6) Divisive Issues and the Making of a New Financial Landscape 278(24) From Abs to Kopper and from Joint Ventures to Branching: The Structure of Deutsche Bank's Business in the United States 302(29) The Bankers Trust Acquisition: Deutsche Bank Fulfills Its ``American Dream'' 331(20) Postscript: Deutsche Bank in the U.S. and the Future of Multinational Banking 351(18) Appendix I: Returns to Deutsche Bank Investors in Three Separate Periods and Comparative Returns in the New Millennium 369(4) Appendix II: Deutsche Bank in Comparison with Other Banks 373(12) Notes 385(74) Bibliography 459(18) Index 477