| Title | : | American Colossus |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | H. W. Brands |
| Release | : | 2010-10-12 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | U.S. History, Books, History, Nonfiction, Social Science, Business & Personal Finance, Economics |
| Size | : | 7282756 |
| 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. |
