Capital City
Subtitle: New York City and the Men Behind America's Rise to Economic Dominance, 1860-1900
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: April 6, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780743257534
Subjects: American history; Economic History; Industry & Industrial Studies; Local history; Industrial Production; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; USA; United States - State & Local - General; Corporate & Business History - General; Economic Conditions; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics-Corporate & Business History - General; Business & Economics-Economic Conditions; History / General
First sentence: TURN OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY Manhattan was a rising city of some fifty thousand, occupying the water's edge of an overwhelmingly agricultural America.