Iron empires : robber barons, railroads, and the making of modern America /
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 exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks and visionaries. Hiltzik shows...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
[2020]
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Agents of transformation
- 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
- 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
- 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.