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.
| Main Author: | Brands, H. W. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Doubleday,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.