 | Erastus Corning: Merchant and Financier, 1794–1872 In her skillfully written biographical study, Professor Neu tells the story of this man's varied and highly successful career and, in the telling, traces the pattern of domestic mercantile activity in the early and middle years of the past century. Irene D. Neu is Professor Emerita of History at Indiana University and coauthor, with George Rogers Taylor, of The American Railroad Network, 1861-1890 . |
