The Tycoons

How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy

By: Charles R. Morris

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Paperback | 3 October 2006 | Edition Number 1

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"Makes a reader feel like a time traveler plopped down among men who were by turns vicious and visionary."-The Christian Science Monitor

The modern American economy was the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan. They were the giants of the Gilded Age, a moment of riotous growth that established America as the richest, most inventive, and most productive country on the planet.

Acclaimed author Charles R. Morris vividly brings the men and their times to life. The ruthlessly competitive Carnegie, the imperial Rockefeller, and the provocateur Gould were obsessed with progress, experiment, and speed. They were balanced by Morgan, the gentleman businessman, who fought, instead, for a global trust in American business. Through their antagonism and their verve, they built an industrial behemoth-and a country of middle-class consumers. The Tycoons tells the incredible story of how these four determined men wrenched the economy into the modern age, inventing a nation of full economic participation that could not have been imagined only a few decades earlier.

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"Morris skillfully assembles a great deal of academic and anecdotal research . . . Impressive." --The New York Times Book Review

"Superb . . . Gracefully and eloquently clarifies these men's frequently misunderstood roles in the shaping of modern U.S. commerce." --The Providence Journal

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Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Prelude	p. 1
"...glorious Yankee Doodle"	p. 30
Bandit Capitalism	p. 60
Wrenchings	p. 97
Mega-Machine	p. 119
The First Mass Consumer Society	p. 161
Paper Tigers	p. 187
The Age of Morgan	p. 230
America Rules	p. 271
The Wrong Lessons	p. 292
The Carnegie Company's 1900 Earnings	p. 319
Standard Oil Earnings	p. 331
Notes	p. 335
Index	p. 369
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How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy

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