Leaders of New York's Industrial Growth
This book, featuring the latest in scholarly research, shows how the onset of the Industrial Revolution transformed New York State into a center for industry and economy.
• The text shows that New York State industries are varied and have changed over time.
• This book addresses many of the local businessmen, inventors, engineers, and architects helped New York grow and prosper.
• Primary source documents and photographs support biographies of important figures, such as Thomas Edison, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Nikola Tesla, Hetty Green, and Emily Roebling.
