Reviews
'… he has drawn deftly on an immense body of recent historical work on the period as well as on extensive New York archives.' William R. Taylor, washingtonpost.com, ‘Academic libraries supporting the most serious research in modern US urban, business, and social history will need this book for their collections, as will the major borough publics.’Library Journal, 'A fascinating history of New York during the late 19th-century, a time when big money was changing the face of the city … dazzlingly successful.' Kirkus Reviews, ‘A fascinating history of New York during the late 19th-century, a time when big money was changing the face of the city … dazzlingly successful.’Kirkus Reviews, ‘… a significant contribution to the study of the elite, corporate power and political economy, and urban history.’Business History, '… [an] illuminating book on the upper social reaches of Manhattan in the gilded age.' The Economist, '… a significant contribution to the study of the elite, corporate power and political economy, and urban history.' Business History, 'Beckert's work is an important contribution to economic history.Mikko Hyvärinen, Scandinavian Economic History Review, ‘… he has drawn deftly on an immense body of recent historical work on the period as well as on extensive New York archives.’William R. Taylor, washingtonpost.com, "Steven Beckert's sober, scholarly study of New York in the 19th century contains an explosive theme: The wealthy class that ruled Gothsm and the rest of the nation did everything in its power to make sure that the working class did not advance from poverty(wait until you draws serveral illuminating parallels between then and now." Dallas Morning News, '... this is, in general, a deftly told account of the Manhattan bourgeoisie's impressively shrewd negotiation of the ever-shifting terrain of the American political and economic landscape. As such, it yields thought-provoking insights into the ways in which power has been - and continues to be - acquired and exercised in the US.' Publishers Weekly, "A fascinating history of New York during the late 19th-century, a time when big money was changing the face of the city....dazzlingly successful." Kirkus Reviews, "...this is, in general, a deftly told account of the Manhattan bourgeoisie's impressively shrewd negotiation of the ever-shifting terrain of the American political and economic landscape. As such, it yields thought-provoking insights into the ways in which power has been - and continues to be - acquired and exercised in the U.S." Publishers Weekly, '... a significant contribution to the study of the elite, corporate power and political economy, and urban history.' Business History, "...a deftly told account of the Manhattan bourgeoisie's impressively shrewd negotiation of the ever-shifting terrain of the American political and economic landscape. As such, it yields thought-provoking insights into the ways in which power has been--and continues to be--acquired and exercised in the U.S." Publishers Weekly, "...he has drawn deftly on an immense body of recent historical work on the period as well on extensive New York archives." William R. Taylor, washingtonpost.com, "Libraries will purchase The Monied Metropolis and historians will cite it." Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, '... [an] illuminating book on the upper social reaches of Manhattan in the gilded age.' The Economist, 'Academic libraries supporting the most serious research in modern US urban, business, and social history will need this book for their collections, as will the major borough publics.' Library Journal, Ruth Century contains an explosive theme...Profesor Beckert also draws several illuminating parallels between then and now." Dallas Morning Star, 'Beckert's work is an important contribution to economic history. Mikko Hyvarinen, Scandinavian Economic History Review, ‘… this is, in general, a deftly told account of the Manhattan bourgeoisie’s impressively shrewd negotiation of the ever-shifting terrain of the American political and economic landscape. As such, it yields thought-provoking insights into the ways in which power has been - and continues to be - acquired and exercised in the US.’Publishers Weekly, "...Mr. Beckert...even in our own post-Marzist age, this approach to history can still bear fruit." The New York Observer, 'A fascinating history of New York during the late 19th-century, a time when big money was changing the face of the city ... dazzlingly successful.' Kirkus Reviews, "A fascinating history of New York during the late nineteenth-century, a time when big money was changing the face of the city....dazzingly successful." Kirkus, 'Beckert's work is an important contribution to economic history. Mikko Hyvrinen, Scandinavian Economic History Review, '... he has drawn deftly on an immense body of recent historical work on the period as well as on extensive New York archives.' William R. Taylor, washingtonpost.com, ‘Beckert’s work is an important contribution to economic history.Mikko Hyvärinen, Scandinavian Economic History Review, "...an exceptionally vivid and intelligent tour of a revolutionary class at the peak of its domination. It is indispensable for anyone wishing to understand how a profoundly class-bound society managed to convince itself that class was irrelevant to the U.S. experience." " Newark Star Ledger, '… this is, in general, a deftly told account of the Manhattan bourgeoisie's impressively shrewd negotiation of the ever-shifting terrain of the American political and economic landscape. As such, it yields thought-provoking insights into the ways in which power has been - and continues to be - acquired and exercised in the US.' Publishers Weekly
