H. W. Brands

American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 -- H. W. Brands, Paperback

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From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War: a "first-rate" narrative history (The New York Times) that brilliantly portrays the emergence, in a remarkably short time, of a recognizably modern America.

American Colossus captures the decades between the Civil War and the turn of the twentieth century, when a few breathtakingly wealthy businessmen transformed the United States from an agrarian economy to a world power. From the first Pennsylvania oil gushers to the rise of Chicago skyscrapers, this spellbinding narrative shows how men like Morgan, Carnegie, and Rockefeller ushered in a new era of unbridled capitalism. In the end America achieved unimaginable wealth, but not without cost to its traditional democratic values.

Author: H. W. Brands
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 10/04/2011
Pages: 704
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780307386779

About the Author

H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class.

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19th Century, Anchor Books, H. W. Brands, History, History - U.S., Paperback, United States, United States - Economic conditions - 19th

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