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Chapters of Erie (Paperback): Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams

Chapters of Erie (Paperback)

Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams; Preface by Robert H. Elias

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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 "Black Friday" panic of September 24, 1869.

Seizing upon the opportunity provided by the scandals to expose the links between financial malpractice on Wall Street and political favoritism and corruption, Henry Adams and his older brother Charles Francis Adams, Jr., traveled to New York and Washington to interview the participants (including Fisk), observe the Congressional hearings on the gold conspiracy, and reconstruct in forensic detail the machinations that had shaken the nation's economy.

First appearing in a series of articles in the Westminster Review and the North American Review in 1870 and 1871, the results of the Adams brothers' investigative journalism were published as a book in 1886. Reissued by Cornell University Press in 1956 with a preface by Robert H. Elias, Chapters of Erie remains a well-documented, perceptive, and sometimes sardonic examination of the relationship between business and politics in America and a warning about the dangers posed by unregulated corporations "to override and trample on law, custom, decency, and every restraint known to society, without scruple.""

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Imprint: Fall Creek Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 2009
First published: May 2009
Authors: Charles Francis Adams • Henry Adams
Preface by: Robert H. Elias
Dimensions: 203 x 127 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-7547-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > History > American history > General
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LSN: 0-8014-7547-3
Barcode: 9780801475474

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