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Erastus Corning : Merchant and Financier, 1794-1872 /
Creator and first president of the New York Central Railroad, Erastus Corning was one of the outstanding American businessmen of the midnineteenth century. Merchant and manufacturer, railroad promoter, land speculator, financier, and politician, he built a fortune from nothing to eight million dolla...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2018]
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- I. "Cash in a/c with Trunk"
- II. Erastus Corning, Merchant
- III. Citizen of Albany
- IV. Man of Iron
- V. Man of the Rails, 1831-1853
- VI. Erastus Corning, Banker
- VII. The Land Speculator: New York
- VIII. Western Land Speculations
- IX. Later Speculations in the West
- X. Corning of the Central
- XI. The Last Chapter
- Bibliography
- Index