Chapters of Erie / / Henry Adams, Charles Francis Adams.

Chapters of Erie is a classic account of ruthless business practices in nineteenth-century America—in particular, Jay Gould and James Fisk's successful effort to gain control of the Erie Railroad in 1868 and subsequent attempt to corner the American gold market, which resulted in the "Blac...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Prefatory Note
  • Contents
  • A Chapter of Erie
  • The New York Gold Conspiracy
  • An Erie Raid