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02957aam a22003858i 4500 001 27DDD342C93111E88539171297128E48 003 SILO 005 20190328032346 008 180811s2018 nyu b 001 0ceng c 010 $a 2018031551 020 $a 0306825120 : HRD 020 $a 9780306825125 : HRD 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c LBSOR $d SILO 050 00 $a HC105.6 $b .W47 2018 082 00 $a 973.7/1 $2 23 100 1 $a Wert, Jeffry D, $e author. 245 10 $a Civil War barons : $b the tycoons, entrepreneurs, inventors, and visionaries who forged victory and shaped a nation / $c Jeffry D. Wert. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 1809 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Da Capo Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., $c 2018. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Prologue: uncertain giant -- Stirrings -- The administrators -- The visionary -- The inventors -- The improvisers -- The patriots -- The investors -- The tinkerers -- The dreamers -- The opportunists -- The builders -- Epilogue: awakened giant. 520 $a "Before the Civil War, America had undergone a technological revolution that made large-scale industry possible, yet, except for the expanding reach of railroads and telegraph lines, the country remained largely rural, with only pockets of small manufacturing. Then the war came and woke the sleeping giant. The Civil War created a wave of unprecedented industrial growth and development, producing a revolution in new structures, ideas, and inventions that sustained the struggle and reshaped America. Energized by the country's dormant potential and wealth of natural resources, individuals of vision, organizational talent, and capital took advantage of the opportunity war provided. Their innovations sustained Union troops, affected military strategy and tactics, and made the killing fields even deadlier. Individually, these men came to dominate industry and amass great wealth and power; collectively, they helped save the Union and refashion the economic fabric of a nation. Utilizing extensive research in manuscript collections, company records, and contemporary newspapers, historian Jeffry D. Wert casts a revealing light on the individuals most responsible for bringing the United States into the modern age"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Industrialists $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic aspects. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Economic aspects. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430020822.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302014558.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20190627010540.0 952 $l HCPC755 $d 20181128101035.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006121243.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=27DDD342C93111E88539171297128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search