American colossus : the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900 / H.W. Brands.
By: Brands, H. W
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Doubleday, c2010Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-589) and index.Description: viii, 614 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780385523332; 0385523335.Subject(s): United States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century | United States -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 330.973/08 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 330.973 B734 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003723384 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-589) and index.
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.
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.
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