Iron empires : robber barons, railroads, and the making of modern America / Michael Hiltzik.

Author: Hiltzik, Michael A. author.

ImprintBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.

Descriptionxxiii, 424 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Note:Introduction: Agents of transformation -- Part I. The age of scoundrels -- Uncle Daniel and the Commodore -- Chapters of Erie -- Pierpont Morgan's grand tour -- The king of frauds -- The Northern Pacific panic -- Jay Gould returns -- Year of upheaval -- Part II. Morgan and Harriman -- The rise of Ned Harriman -- The first skirmish -- A community of interests -- Savior of the Union Pacific -- The Reconstruction -- "A pig-headed affair" -- The empire builder -- The quest for the Burlington -- Part III. The ghost dance -- Peacock Alley -- Lions guarding the way -- "A good-sized panic" -- Exhaustion -- The trustbuster -- "Malefactors of great wealth" -- Epilogue: The end of an epoch.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-409) and index.

Note:From Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Hiltzik, the epic tale of the clash for supremacy between America's railroad titans.

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