American Colossus - by H W Brands (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In this grand-scale narrative history, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands brilliantly portrays the emergence, in a remarkably short time, of a recognizably modern America. <p/><i>American Colossus</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A superb new history. . . . A big, brash narrative." --<i>Bloomberg News</i> <p/>"A first-rate overview of one of the most important periods in American history. . . . Brands is a terrific writer who commands his material, handles this sprawling, complicated story with authority and panache." --<i>The New York Times</i> <p/>"Colorful. . . . Sweeping. . . . Brands masterfully chronicles this transformation. . . . His account serves admirably as a survey history of Gilded Age America." --<i>The Plain Dealer</i> <p/>"An excellent book. . . . Brands is a smart, lively writer. . . . He demonstrates, as the best historians do, that past is prologue." --<i>The Dallas Morning News</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for <i>The First American</i> and <i>Traitor to His Class</i>.</p>
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