Capital city : New York City and the men behind America's rise to economic dominance, 1860-1900 / Thomas Kessner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kessner, Thomas.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Book Committee.

History.

Capitalists and financiers.

Capitalism.

Corporations.

Economic conditions.

New York (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--19th century.

New York (N.Y.).

Corporations--New York (State)--History--19th century.

Capitalism--New York (State)--History--19th century.

Capitalists and financiers--New York (State)--New York.

New York (N.Y.)--History--19th century.

Economic history.

New York (State).

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xix, 396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

New York City and the men behind America's rise to economic dominance, 1860-1900

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, [2003]

Summary:

In "Capital City" Kessner describes how New York City emerged from the Civil War as the dominant metropolis in the country and the driving force behind America's subsequent growth. This is a masterful fusion of political and urban history with biography and business narrative. 8 page photo insert.

Contents:

Foundations: Licking Up the Cream of Commerce and Finance of a Continent

New York's Napoleon

The Rottenness in New York Will Ultimately Destroy It

The Fall and Rise of the New York Economy

Shaping Modern Capitalism

The Age of Morgan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-381) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Kessner, Thomas. Capital city.

ISBN:

0684813513

9780684813516

0743257537

9780743257534

OCLC:

50868186

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