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The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
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Published Oct 3, 2006
What you'll learn
As the nineteenth century came to a close, it became increasingly clear—much to the chagrin of Great Britain—that the young United States of America had become the most powerful country in the world. For a country that had torn itself apart in a bloody civil war, the strides it made in just 30 years were remarkable. Historian Charles R. Morris elucidates the key characters and cultural ambience that brought a nation to unprecedented heights.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 America changed dramatically in the 19th-century thanks to a combination of key businessmen and an optimistic, adaptive American culture.
- 2 Before Silicon Valley, there was the Connecticut River Valley.
- 3 Jay Gould came from nothing, but he gave tycoons and bankers a run for their money.
- 4 Rockefeller was no saint, but he wasn’t as monstrous as historians suggest.
- 5 During the Industrial Revolution, there was no banker the world trusted more than Pierpont Morgan.
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