The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California (Enterprise)

Description: "A first-rate look at the little-known story behind the creation of America's first continental railroad... Entertaining and well written." -- Publishers Weekly One hundred forty years ago, four shopkeepers in Sacramento, California, rose to become the force behind the American transcontinental railroad, achieving along the way wealth beyond measure. To build influence and maintain power, they lied, bribed, and, when necessary, arranged for obstacles, both human and legal, to disappear. Their names were Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins, and they were known as "The Big Four" or "The Associates." Their drive for money -- nothing more, nothing less -- was epic. Their legacy is a university, public gardens, museums, mansions, banks, and libraries-and to a large degree, California itself. A captivating chronicle of a crucial period in American urban expansion, The Associates is a true-to-life tale of ruthless ambition, staggering greed, and the making of a nation.

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Book Title: The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created Calif

Item Length: 20.9 cm

Number of Pages: 224 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California

Publisher: Ww Norton & Co

Publication Year: 2008

Subject: History

Item Height: 211 mm

Item Weight: 368 g

Type: Textbook

Author: Richard Rayner

Item Width: 145 mm

Format: Hardcover