The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850-1896

by Sven Beckert

Book Overview

This book, first published in 2001, is a comprehensive history of the most powerful group in the nineteenth-century United States: New York City's economic elite. This small and diverse group of Americans accumulated unprecedented economic, social, and political power, and decisively put their mark on the age. Professor Beckert explores how capital-owning New Yorkers overcame their distinct antebellum identities to forge dense social networks, create...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521524105
• ISBN13: 9780521524100
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.7"