American colossus: the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900 [1st ed] 9780385533584, 0385533586, 9781299069817, 1299069819

In a grand-scale narrative history, the bestselling author of two finalists for the Pulitzer Prize now captures the deca

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

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