Capital City: New York City and the Men Behind America's Rise to Economic Dominance, 1860-1900
- ISBN-10
- 0743257537
- ISBN-13
- 9780743257534
- Series
- Capital City
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-04-07
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Thomas Kessner
Description
Describes the emergence of post-Civil War 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 institutions. By the author of Fiorello H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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