Documents how four middle-class merchants in the mid-nineteenth-century rose to wealth and power by investing in the transcontinental railroad and engaging in ruthless activities in order to retain their influence throughout California. Title: The Associates Author: Rayner, Richard Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc Publication Date: 2008/01/01 Number of Pages: 223 Binding Type: HARDCOVER Library of Congress: 2007035481 BRAND : RAYNER, RICHARD SKU : 9780393059137 UPC : 9780393059137
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