Bibliograph

The robber barons, the great American capitalists, 1861-1901

Type

Label

The robber barons, the great American capitalists, 1861-1901

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The robber barons

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

A Harvest book, HB47

Sub title

the great American capitalists, 1861-1901

Summary

John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, E. H. Harriman, Jay Gould, Henry Clay Frick... their names carry a powerful historical ring, still echoing today in the countless institutions that are part of their legacy, from universities to museums to banks. But who were the people behind the legends, and how did they rise to their positions of vast wealth and influence in the latter half of the nineteenth century? The Robber Barons is a classic work on the financiers and industrialists of the Gilded Age, who shaped their own era as well as the future of the United States

Target audience

adult

Classification