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The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850–1896 Beckert, Sven (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850–1896
Beckert, Sven (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
This book, first published in 2001, is a comprehensive history of the most powerful group in the nineteenth-century United States: New York City's economic elite. By the end of the Gilded Age upper-class New Yorkers had consolidated themselves into a self-conscious social class that put their stamp on the major issues of the day.
516 pages, 47 b/w illus. 4 maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 3, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521524100 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 516 |
| Dimensions | 231 × 156 × 32 mm · 844 g (Weight (estimated)) |
| Language | English |