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050 1 4 _a002 HC 105
_bB819a 2010
082 0 0 _a330.97308
100 1 _aBrands, H. W.
245 1 0 _aAmerican colossus :
_bthe triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900 /
_cH. W. Brands.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bDoubleday,
_cc2010.
300 _aviii, 614 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [559]-589) and index.
505 0 _aPart 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.
520 _aFrom 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.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic conditions
_y19th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial conditions
_y19th century.
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xCondiciones económicas
_ySiglo XIX.
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xCondición social
_ySiglo XIX.
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