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American colossus : the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900
- Title
- American colossus : the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900 / H.W. Brands.
- Author
- Brands, H. W.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Doubleday, c2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | ILD 10-8315 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
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Details
- Description
- viii, 614 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JBE 17-15
- ISBN
- 9780385523332
- 0385523335
- LCCN
- 2010008538
- OCLC
- 503042150
- Author
- Brands, H. W.
- Title
- American colossus : the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900 / H.W. Brands.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : Doubleday, c2010.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 17-15ILD 10-8315