Author : Noam Maggor
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674971469
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Brahmin Capitalism by : Noam Maggor
Download or read book Brahmin Capitalism written by Noam Maggor and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noam Maggor shows how the moneyed elite in Gilded Age Boston leveraged their wealth to forge transcontinental networks of commodities, labor, and transportation. With the decline of cotton-based textile manufacturing, these gentleman bankers found new business opportunities in the mines, railroads, and industries of the Great West.