Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-589) and index.

Part one: The rise of the moguls -- Speculation as martial art -- One nation under rails -- The first triumvirate -- Toil and trouble -- Part two: Frontiers of enterprise -- The conquest of the South -- Lakota's last stand -- Profits on the hoof -- To make the desert bloom -- Part three: Gotham and Gomorrah -- The teeming shore -- Cities of the plain -- Below the El -- Part four: The finest government money can buy -- School for scandal -- The spirit of '76 -- Lives of the parties -- Capital improvements -- Part five: 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.