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050  4 $a HC105 $b .B813 2011
100 1  $a Brands, H. W.
245 10 $a American colossus : $b the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900 / $c H.W. Brands.
250    $a 1st Anchor Books ed.
260    $a New York : $b Anchor Books, $c 2011.
300    $a viii, 686 p., [8] p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 21 cm.
505 0  $a Prologue: The capitalist revolution -- 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.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [625]-660) and index.
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.
651  0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y 19th century.
651  0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 19th century.
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