Wall Street's Gilded Age: Nicknames of Her Capitalists and Robber Barons by Richard A. Sauers

“…Through the takeover battle for control of the Erie Railroad Company, at the beginning of the period, and the organization of United States Steel Corporation, at its end, this essay examines historical and contemporary biographical information to explain that the nicknames of seven men involved in these two entities predominantly reflected not only their activities in the stock market, but also their occupations and character traits. …”
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