The Robber Barons details the history of a small class of men who arose at the time of the American Civil War and swept into power. They were aggressive, and in important crises, nearly all of them tended to act without those established principles associated with the common people of the community. At the same time, many of them showed qualities of courage. These robber barons, as were their medieval counterparts, where the dominating figures of an aggressive economic age. In their hands the renovation of American economic ...
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The Robber Barons details the history of a small class of men who arose at the time of the American Civil War and swept into power. They were aggressive, and in important crises, nearly all of them tended to act without those established principles associated with the common people of the community. At the same time, many of them showed qualities of courage. These robber barons, as were their medieval counterparts, where the dominating figures of an aggressive economic age. In their hands the renovation of American economic life proceeded relentlessly: large-scale production; industrial enterprises became more concentrated, where they had been purely individualistic and wasteful. To organize and exploit the resources of a nation upon a gigantic scale, to regiment its farmers and workers into producers, and to do this only in the name of profit - is the great contradiction whence so much disaster, outrage and misery has flowed. Matthew Josephson illuminates the story of industrial concentration in the United States, which is here pursued through the study of the major financial events and personalities between 1861 and 1901. This book also focuses on establishing the manner in which the country's natural resources and arteries of trade were pre-empted, its political institutions conquered, and its social philosophy turned into an economic one, by the new barons. This is, by all odds, a classic study of the culture of American capitalism.
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Good. Good Book has some wear. Front hinge starting to crack. Underlining and markings in text. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Fair/No Jacket. No Jacket Hardcover, fair condition, w. ltly rubbed brds, sme lt marks and spots. Ltly slanted, smwht compressed sp, smwht bumped, ltly frayed corners. smwht sunned/tanned p. edges. Ltly tanned ins wraps, pp. Fr ins hinge split, repaired w. cloth tape. A few spots inside. Clean and unmarked.
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HARDCOVER edition. Stated first edition, 1934. Hardcover in original dust jacket under mylar. DJ heavily chipped at edges-bottom 1/2 in. of back cover and spine torn off. Heavily shelfworn with age, book more presentable under mylar. Spine cracked, but all pages intact. Gift inscription on flyleaf. Page edges yellowed. Sparse underlining on 5-10 pages, but rest of book clean, unmarked. Good copy overall. Great reading/study copy. May have highlights and/or notes. Ships Fast! Satisfaction Gu.
