Capital City: New York City and the Men Behind America's Rise to Economic Dominance, 1860-1900
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ISBN: 0684813513 / Publisher: Simon & Schuster, April 2003
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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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.
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