{"product_id":"capital-city-new-york-city-and-the-men-behind-americas-rise-to-economic-dominance-1860-1900-9780743257534","title":"Capital City: New York City and the Men Behind America's Rise to Economic Dominance, 1860-1900","description":"At the beginning of the nineteenth century, New York City was an undistinguished town, competing with Philadelphia and Boston to be America's dominant port city. Just two generations later, it had built itself into the country's powerhouse center of trade and finance, rivaled only by London as financial capital of the world. In \u003ci\u003eCapital City, \u003c\/i\u003e Thomas Kessner tells the story of this remarkable transformation. \u003cbr\u003e With the advantages of its famous harbor and the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, New York became the chief commercial center for the growing nation. As the shipping industry prospered, capital accumulated, and a growing banking center emerged, New York went on to finance the Union cause during the Civil War, open the West to development, and consolidate the national railroad system. The city's energy and opportunity attracted ambitious men from all over the country whose names became synonymous with big business: Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan. New York's banks set the interest rates for the nation, its stock exchange fixed the price of securities, its investors transformed American business from family-owned enterprises into modern corporations, and its growing political clout catapulted public figures, such as Samuel Tilden and Teddy Roosevelt, onto the national stage. \u003cbr\u003e Combining political and urban history with a colorful cast of characters, \u003ci\u003eCapital City\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles how Gotham's Gilded Age reshaped the metropolis and the nation as it molded our present-day economy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Kessner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.54w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743257534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/28\/2004 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Kessner\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFiorello H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York, \u003c\/i\u003e and the recipient of many awards and prizes for research and teaching. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40117434712179,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_47a6ff92-ad9d-475f-85d0-3c8aaac0d4c5.jpg?v=1653575848","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/capital-city-new-york-city-and-the-men-behind-americas-rise-to-economic-dominance-1860-1900-9780743257534","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}