American Colossus
Author | : H. W. Brands |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 705 |
Release | : 2011-10-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780307386779 |
ISBN-13 | : 0307386775 |
Rating | : 4/5 (775 Downloads) |
Download or read book American Colossus written by H. W. Brands and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.