false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166706968m/16127.jpg 16127 3 An original and compelling portrait of how four determined men ascended to unrivaled wealth, productivity, and world dominance after the Civil WarWhat we think of as 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, and lived at a moment of riotous growth-and real violence-that established America as the richest, most inventive, and most productive country on the planet. They are, quite literally, the founding fathers of our economy-and, thus, of modern America.Acclaimed author and journalist Charles R. Morris vividly brings these four men to life. On one side are Carnegie, the ruthless competitor; Gould, the provocateur in the shadows; and Rockefeller, the visionary who understood how to manage sprawling empires. These three were obsessed with progress, experiment, and speed. In steel, railroads, oil, and money markets, they rallied behind a single-minded code: bigger, cheaper, faster. And then there was Morgan, the gentleman businessman, who fought, instead, for a global trust in American business. Through their competition over the last decades of the nineteenth century, they built a powerful nation populated with consumers as well as producers, fostering the growth of the middle class. The Tycoons tells the incredible story of how 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. 17904 2005 The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy total:35|5:4|4:12|3:15|2:4| 35 121 98 13 4 0 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 07 11:42:30 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 11:44:01 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 07:26:56 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 07:40:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 10:50:05 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 10:50:35 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:48:44 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 18:29:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:22:18 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 18:19:25 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 07:34:34 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 09:33:26 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 25 12:25:20 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 17:22:40 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 18:12:48 -0800 2009 Tue Aug 18 19:47:03 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 29 18:12:48 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 11 23:10:48 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 23:48:28 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 12:55:07 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 12:56:29 -0800 2008 Interesting to learn that John D. wasn't as bad as his reputation.]]> 0 0 false false Wed Mar 12 20:29:07 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 20:49:16 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu May 29 09:06:34 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 09:07:14 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu May 15 19:28:21 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 19:28:36 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 19:53:10 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 19:53:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 25 09:18:08 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 14:10:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 09:28:52 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 09:28:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 19:31:14 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 19:31:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 07:27:05 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 07:27:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 19:01:38 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 19:26:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 17 11:35:52 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 11:35:52 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=16127