American colossus : the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900 / H.W. Brands
- Bib ID:
- 5013699
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Brands, H. W
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- New York, NY : Doubleday, c2010
- viii, 614 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780385523332
- 0385523335
- Summary:
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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.
- Full contents:
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- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2010
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