Ebook: American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Author: Brands H. W
- Tags: 19th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economics--General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Reference, Social conditions, Economic history, Electronic books, United States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century, United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference, United States
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- City: New York;NY;United States
- Edition: 1st ed
- Language: English
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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.;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.
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