{"product_id":"9780312233983","title":"Investing for Middle America John Elliott Tappan and the Origins of American Express Financial Services","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInvesting for Middle America\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eJohn Elliott Tappan and the Origins of American Express Financial Services\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eK. Lipartito | C. Peters\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Americas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn 1892, John Elliott Tappan, a twenty-four year old Minneapolis lawyer, was worried how people saved their money. Out of these concerns, Investors Syndicate was born, one of the first of a new type of financial institution designed to meet the savings needs of the average person. Here is the story of this financial pioneer, whose innovation has today grown into one of the nation's largest financial services companies, American Express Financial Advisors. The book draws on Tappan's diaries, business correspondence, and various family oral histories. Tappan's life, work and ideas chronicle the changes in spending and savings, work and leisure, the culture of politics and money, that have given rise to our modern notions of consumer finance.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eKENNETH LIPARTITO, Professor of History at Florida International University, Miami, is a specialist in business history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCAROL HEHER PETERS is Communications Editor for the Princeton Environmental Institute at Princeton University. She is the great-granddaughter of John Elliott Tappan.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 January 2002\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan US\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780312233983\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e268\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50804914389132,"sku":"9780312233983","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780312233983.jpg?v=1781787975","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780312233983","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}