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

    By: Brands, H. WMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Doubleday, c2010Description: viii, 614 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780385523332; 0385523335Subject(s): United States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century | United States -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 330.973/08 LOC classification: HC105 | .B813 2010
    Contents:
    Prologue : The capitalist revolution -- pt. 1. The rise of the moguls -- Speculation as martial art -- One nation under rails -- The first triumvirate -- Toil and trouble -- pt. 2. Frontiers of enterprise -- The conquest of the South -- Lakota's last stand -- Profits on the hoof -- To make the desert bloom -- pt. 3. Gotham and Gomorrah -- The teeming shore -- Cities of the plain -- Below the El -- pt. 4. The finest government money can buy -- School for scandal -- The spirit of '76 -- Lives of the parties -- Capital improvements -- pt. 5. 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.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-589) and index.

    Prologue : The capitalist revolution -- pt. 1. The rise of the moguls -- Speculation as martial art -- One nation under rails -- The first triumvirate -- Toil and trouble -- pt. 2. Frontiers of enterprise -- The conquest of the South -- Lakota's last stand -- Profits on the hoof -- To make the desert bloom -- pt. 3. Gotham and Gomorrah -- The teeming shore -- Cities of the plain -- Below the El -- pt. 4. The finest government money can buy -- School for scandal -- The spirit of '76 -- Lives of the parties -- Capital improvements -- pt. 5. 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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