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Indlæser... American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 (original 2010; udgave 2010)af H.W. Brands (Forfatter)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Pleasant, but rather random history of US from post civil war to 1900. I enjoyed the capsule histories of Tammany Hall, Grover Cleveland, JP Morgan/Rockefeller, WJ Bryan and so forth- and glad to have read them, but author is at pains to point out how this is another win for capitalism. Ummm... ok. sometimes i guess that seemed true (vs. what? uncapitalism? socialism? communism? liberalism?) but it didn't particularly hang together for me as a theme. ( ) Excellent book that gets into the nuts and bolts of how capitalism grew in America in the second half of the 19th century. Covers urban and rural, rich and poor, capital and labor - does a wonderful job at touching on every way it impacted the norms of American life, government, cultural, and the economy. Only wish is that the author put forth stronger arguments/thesis about the bonuses/negatives these impacts had. Like all of the narrative histories written by Brands, this is workmanlike, solid, broad, engaging, interesting, and easy-to-read. Brands breaks no new research here, it is almost all secondary sources and printed primary sources, but Brands gives an insightful account of the era, which allows the public and historians alike to have a proper grounding in the history of this important time in American history. I thought it balanced well enough and well written.
The nature of both ruin and success is the subject of "American Colossus," H.W. Brands's account of, as the subtitle has it, "The Triumph of Capitalism" during the period 1865-1900. Mr. Brands paints a vivid portrait of both this understudied age and those industrialists still introduced by high-school teachers as "robber barons"—Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan.
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. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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