Title:
American colossus : the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900 / H.W. Brands.
ISBN:
9780385523332
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Doubleday, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
viii, 614 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Summary:
Chronicles how a few wealthy businessmen reshaped America from a land of small farmers and small businessmen into an industrial giant.
OCLC Number:
ocn503042150
Availability:
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