Hiltzik Michael - Iron Empires Robber Barons Railroads And The Making Of Modern America - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: From Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik the epic tale of the clash for supremacy between America's railroad titans In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the transcontinental railroad few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short squabbling lines America's railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators crooks and visionaries. The vicious competition between empire builders such as Cornelius Vanderbilt Jay Gould J. P. Morgan and E. H. Harriman sparked stock market frenzies panics and crashes; provoked strikes that upended the relationship between management and labor; transformed the nation's geography; and culminated in a ferocious two - man battle that shook the nation's financial markets to their foundations and produced dramatic lasting changes in the interplay of business and government. Spanning four decades and featuring some of the most iconic figures of the Gilded Age Iron Empires reveals how the robber barons drove the country into the twentieth century and almost sent it off the rails.
Title: Iron Empires Robber Barons Railroads And The Making Of Modern America
Author(s): Hiltzik Michael
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780358567127
Pages: 448 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/10/2021