American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900

by H.W. Brands

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307386775
• ISBN13: 9780307386779
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.2" x 7.8"