Railroaded The Transcontinentals And The Making Of Modern America

Author: Richard White

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Price : 39.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780393342376
Publisher : WW Norton & Co
Imprint : WW Norton & Co
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Weight (g) : 0.666
Publication date : 31 March 2012
Dimensions : 210mm X 140mm X 34mm
Produced in : United States
RRP : 28.95
Availability date : 01 May 2012
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Author : Richard White
Bind : Paperback
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Pages : 660
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Description

This original, deeply researched history shows the transcontinentals to be pivotal actors in the making of modern America. But the triumphal myths of the golden spike, robber barons larger than life, and an innovative capitalism all die here. Instead we have a new vision of the Gilded Age, often darkly funny, that shows history to be rooted in failure as well as success.

Awards

Winner of Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2011. Short-listed for Pulitzer Prize 2012.

Reviews

A model of narrative skill and [an] insightful reinterpretation of the Gilded Age. It is easily the best business history I have read. --Donald Worster