Open AccessWall Street's Gilded Age: Nicknames of Her Capitalists and Robber Barons
Author(s) -
Richard A. Sauers
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
names
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1756-2279
pISSN - 0027-7738
DOI - 10.1179/nam.2006.54.2.147
Subject(s) - gilded age , battle , corporation , character (mathematics) , industrial revolution , economic history , period (music) , stock (firearms) , history , stock market , economy , political science , law , ancient history , economics , art , archaeology , aesthetics , geometry , mathematics , context (archaeology)
The “Gilded Age,” loosely defined here as 1861 to 1901, saw the emergence of a small group of men who played a leading role in the Industrial Revolution. Aptly described as both capitalist and robber baron, they were responsible for much of the economic framework that exists today. 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.