On Oct 10, 2008, at 6:35 PM, John Thornton wrote:
> Speaking of the good old days has anyone recently been doing any
> reading about late 19th century capitalism?
> I read Martin Sklar's excellent book "The Corporate Reconstruction
> of American Capitalism" many years ago but that's really the only
> book related to the subject I have read.
> I'm looking for writing concerning the social history of American
> capitalism before the Progressive Era which Sklar's book doesn't
> really cover.
> Anyone read anything good on the subject that they can recommend?
> I find myself having quite a bit of free time lately and with cold
> weather is just around the corner I feel like I can easily justify
> reading several books on the subject.
More or less about this - Sven Beckert's great book on the emergence of the NYC bourgeoisie, The Monied Metropolis