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portada Erastus Corning: Merchant and Financier, 1794-1872
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2010
Language
English
Pages
226
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.8x15.5x1.4 cm
Weight
0.35 kg.
ISBN
0801476453
ISBN13
9780801476457
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Erastus Corning: Merchant and Financier, 1794-1872

Irene D. Neu (Author) · Cornell University Press · Paperback

Erastus Corning: Merchant and Financier, 1794-1872 - Neu, Irene D.

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Synopsis "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 dollars. In her skillfully written biographical study, Professor Neu tells the story of this man's varied and highly successful career and, in the telling, traces the pattern of domestic mercantile activity in the early and middle years of the past century.Corning is best remembered as the "architect" of the New York Central Railroad, and the author has been particularly successful in explaining the process by which he lost control of it to Cornelius Vanderbilt. Here also is a unique account of the activities of a state bank in the 1830's, both interesting and important because it was one in "the wave of state bank incorporations" that attended Jackson's attack on the Bank of the United States. Professor Neu has done a thorough job of research in the sources and treated her material with historical detachment. Lucid in organization and style, her able work answers the need for a full-scale treatment of a man whose reputation was nationwide.

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