Civil War barons The tycoons, entrepreneurs, inventors, and visionaries who forged victory and shaped a nation
Book - 2018
"Before the Civil War, America had undergone a technological revolution that made large-scale industry possible, yet, except for the expanding reach of railroads and telegraph lines, the country remained largely rural, with only pockets of small manufacturing. Then the war came and woke the sleeping giant. The Civil War created a wave of unprecedented industrial growth and development, producing a revolution in new structures, ideas, and inventions that sustained the struggle and reshaped America. Energized by the country's dormant potential and wealth of natural resources, individuals of vision, organizational talent, and capital took advantage of the opportunity war provided. Their innovations sustained Union troops, affected mi...litary strategy and tactics, and made the killing fields even deadlier. Individually, these men came to dominate industry and amass great wealth and power; collectively, they helped save the Union and refashion the economic fabric of a nation. Utilizing extensive research in manuscript collections, company records, and contemporary newspapers, historian Jeffry D. Wert casts a revealing light on the individuals most responsible for bringing the United States into the modern age"--
- Subjects
- Genres
- Biographies
- Published
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New York, NY :
Da Capo Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc
2018.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- xii, 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780306825125
- Preface
- Prologue Uncertain Giant
- Chapter 1. Stirrings
- Chapter 2. The Administrators
- Chapter 3. The Visionary
- Chapter 4. The Inventors
- Chapter 5. The Improvisers
- Chapter 6. The Patriots
- Chapter 7. The Investors
- Chapter 8. The Tinkerers
- Chapter 9. The Dreamers
- Chapter 10. The Opportunists
- Chapter 11. The Builders
- Epilogue Awakened Giant
- Postscript
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index