The Resource Americana : a 400-year history of American capitalism, Bhu Srinivasan
Americana : a 400-year history of American capitalism, Bhu Srinivasan
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- Summary
- "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 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. The result is a thrilling alternative history of modern America that reframes events, trends, and people we thought we knew through the prism of the value that, for better or for worse, this nation holds dearest: capitalism. In a winning, accessible style, Bhu Srinivasan boldly takes on four centuries of American enterprise and reveals the unexpected connections that link them. We learn how Andrew Carnegie's early job as a telegraph messenger boy paved the way for his leadership of the steel empire that would make him one of the nation's richest men; how the gunmaker Remington reinvented itself in the postwar years to sell typewriters; how the inner workings of the Mafia mirrored the trend of consolidation and regulation in more traditional business; and how a 1950s infrastructure bill triggered a series of events that produced one of America's most enduring brands: KFC. Reliving the heady early days of Silicon Valley, we are reminded that the start-up is an idea as old as America itself. With a deft touch, Srinivasan sets countless entrepreneurial stories against a complex, ever-shifting backdrop of social, cultural, and political forces that shaped American business. Entertaining, eye-opening, and sweeping in its reach, Americana is an exhilarating new work of narrative history."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 560 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780399563799
- Label
- Americana : a 400-year history of American capitalism
- Title
- Americana
- Title remainder
- a 400-year history of American capitalism
- Statement of responsibility
- Bhu Srinivasan
- Title variation
- Americana : a four hundred years history of American capitalism
- Subject
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- History
- Economic development
- trueWealth
- Economic development -- United States -- History
- United States -- Social conditions
- trueUnited States -- Economic conditions
- Capitalism -- United States -- History
- trueCapital
- Economic history
- trueFree enterprise
- trueCapitalism -- History
- United States
- HISTORY / United States
- trueBusiness and economics -- Economics | History
- United States -- History
- trueBusiness and economics -- Economics | Socioeconomics
- trueEconomics
- trueHistory writing -- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions
- HISTORY / Modern
- Social conditions
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
- Capitalism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 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. The result is a thrilling alternative history of modern America that reframes events, trends, and people we thought we knew through the prism of the value that, for better or for worse, this nation holds dearest: capitalism. In a winning, accessible style, Bhu Srinivasan boldly takes on four centuries of American enterprise and reveals the unexpected connections that link them. We learn how Andrew Carnegie's early job as a telegraph messenger boy paved the way for his leadership of the steel empire that would make him one of the nation's richest men; how the gunmaker Remington reinvented itself in the postwar years to sell typewriters; how the inner workings of the Mafia mirrored the trend of consolidation and regulation in more traditional business; and how a 1950s infrastructure bill triggered a series of events that produced one of America's most enduring brands: KFC. Reliving the heady early days of Silicon Valley, we are reminded that the start-up is an idea as old as America itself. With a deft touch, Srinivasan sets countless entrepreneurial stories against a complex, ever-shifting backdrop of social, cultural, and political forces that shaped American business. Entertaining, eye-opening, and sweeping in its reach, Americana is an exhilarating new work of narrative history."--Jacket
- Summary
- A narrative history of American capitalism profiles the inventions, techniques and industries that drove the nation forward, from the telegraph and railroads through guns, banking, flight, suburbia and sneakers
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- 10576598
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Srinivasan, Bhu,
- Dewey number
- 330.973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC103
- LC item number
- .S728 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Capitalism
- Economic development
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Capitalism
- Economic development
- Economic history
- Social conditions
- United States
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
- HISTORY / Modern
- HISTORY / United States
- Target audience
- adult
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- A 400-year history of American capitalism
- Label
- Americana : a 400-year history of American capitalism, Bhu Srinivasan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-546) and index
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- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 21113210
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 560 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399563799
- Lccn
- 2017025114
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)999671990
- Label
- Americana : a 400-year history of American capitalism, Bhu Srinivasan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-546) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 21113210
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 560 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399563799
- Lccn
- 2017025114
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)999671990
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
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- trueBusiness and economics -- Economics | Socioeconomics
- trueCapital
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- Economic development
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- HISTORY / Modern
- HISTORY / United States
- History
- trueHistory writing -- United States
- Social conditions
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- United States -- History
- United States -- Social conditions
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