American colossus the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900
From bestselling historian H. W. Brands, a sweeping chronicle of how a few wealthy businessmen reshaped America from a land of small farmers and small businessmen into an industrial giant.
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New York, NY :
Doubleday,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a American colossus : |b the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900 / |c H.W. Brands. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York, NY : |b Doubleday, |c c2010. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 614 p., [8] p. of plates : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The rise of the moguls. Speculation as martial art -- One nation under rails -- The first triumvirate -- Toil and trouble -- Frontiers of enterprise. The conquest of the South -- Lakota's last stand -- Profits on the hoof -- To make the desert bloom -- Gotham and Gomorrah. The teeming shore -- Cities of the plain -- Below the El -- The finest government money can buy. School for scandal -- The spirit of '76 -- Lives of the parties -- Capital improvements -- The decade of the century. Meet Jim Crow -- Affairs of the heartland -- The wages of capitalism -- Tariff bill and dollar mark -- Imperial dreams -- The apotheosis of Pierpont Morgan -- Epilogue: the democratic counterrevolution. | |
| 520 | |a From bestselling historian H. W. Brands, a sweeping chronicle of how a few wealthy businessmen reshaped America from a land of small farmers and small businessmen into an industrial giant. | ||
| 650 | 0 | 0 | |a Capitalism. |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Economic conditions |y 19th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Social conditions |y 19th century. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Hays, Sara Light tribute. | |
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