Capital City: New York City and the Men Behind America's Rise to Economic Dominance, 1860-1900
- ISBN-10
- 0684813513
- ISBN-13
- 9780684813516
- Series
- Capital City
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 396
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Thomas Kessner, Kingsborough Community College Thomas Kessner
Description
Describes the emergence of New York City, as it evolved from a port city to metropolis via the birth of capitalism, and how such moguls as Rockefeller, Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan helped define the foundation of twentieth-century financial institutiions.
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