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Author:

Brands, H. W.

Title:

American colossus : the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900 / H.W. Brands.

Edition:

1st Anchor Books ed.

Publisher:

Anchor Books,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

viii, 686 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

United States--Economic conditions--19th century.
United States--Social conditions--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [625]-660) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0307386775 (pbk.)
9780307386779 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)697261678

Locations:

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)