a 400-year history of American capitalism Srinivasan, Bhu creator text bibliography nyu 2018 monographic eng

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xvi, 560 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana takes us on a four-hundred-year journey of this spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next Big Things--the inventions, techniques, and industries that drove American history forward: from the telegraph, the railroad, guns, radio, and banking to flight, suburbia, and sneakers, culminating with the Internet and mobile technology at the turn of the twenty-first century. Entertaining, eye-opening, and sweeping in its reach, Americana is an exhilarating new work of narrative history. Part one. Venture ; Tobacco ; Taxes ; Cotton ; Steam ; Canals ; Railroads ; Telegraph ; Gold ; Slavery -- Part two. War ; Oil ; Steel ; Machines ; Light ; Retail ; Unions ; Papers ; Trusts ; Food -- Part three. Automobiles ; Radio ; Bootlegging ; Banking ; Film ; Flight ; Suburbia ; Television ; Roads -- Part four. Computing ; Start-ups ; Finance ; Shoes ; Internet ; Mobile. Bhu Srinivasan. "First published in the United States of America by Penguin Press ... 2017"--Title page verso Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-546) and index. n-us--- Capitalism United States History Economic development United States History Desarrollo económico Estados Unidos Historia Capitalismo Estados Unidos Historia United States Economic conditions Estados Unidos Condiciones económicas United States Social conditions Estados Unidos Condiciones sociales United States History Estados Unidos Historia HC 103 S774a 2018 330.973 Srinivasan, Bhu, author. New York : Penguin Press, [2017 (DLC) 2017037326 0399563814 (paperback) 9780399563812 (paperback) 2017025114 DLC 170803 20230411090755.0 19861958 eng