Age of betrayal : the triumph of money in America, 1865-1900 /
Beatty, Jack.
Age of betrayal : the triumph of money in America, 1865-1900 / Jack Beatty. - New York : Vintage Books, 2008. - xvii, 483 p. : ill., plates; 21 cm.
Originally published in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf in 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-463) and index.
Annihilating space -- Rome of the railroads -- "Vote yourself a tariff" -- "Vote yourself a farm" -- The inverted Constitution -- The scandal of Santa Clara -- Anti-democracy -- Tom Scott, political capitalist -- Bread or blood -- The politics of the future -- Revolution from above -- Mississippi and the American way -- Retrospect.
A fresh look at the Gilded Age, when an oligarchy of wealth triumphed over democracy. At the end of the Civil War, with the rebellion put down and slavery ended, America belonged to Lincoln's "plain people." But "government of the people" and economic democracy were betrayed by political parties that fanned memories of the war to distract Americans from government of the corporation. Jay Gould, the "Mephisto of Wall Street," never runs for office, but he rules. A depression brought on by railroad speculation throws millions out of work, the hungry riot for bread in Buffalo, the homeless sleep on Chicago's streets, strikers are shot, and the nation's presidents avert their eyes. God instructs President McKinley to invade Cuba and seize the Philippines from Spain; turning from liberators to occupiers, U.S. troops slaughter and starve the (Roman Catholic) Filipinos in the name of "Christianizing" them.--From publisher description.
9781400032426 : $15.95 1400032423 : $15.95
Political corruption--History--United States--19th century.
Democracy--History--United States--19th century.
Capitalism--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.
United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.
United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
002 E 661 / B369a 2008
973.8
Age of betrayal : the triumph of money in America, 1865-1900 / Jack Beatty. - New York : Vintage Books, 2008. - xvii, 483 p. : ill., plates; 21 cm.
Originally published in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf in 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-463) and index.
Annihilating space -- Rome of the railroads -- "Vote yourself a tariff" -- "Vote yourself a farm" -- The inverted Constitution -- The scandal of Santa Clara -- Anti-democracy -- Tom Scott, political capitalist -- Bread or blood -- The politics of the future -- Revolution from above -- Mississippi and the American way -- Retrospect.
A fresh look at the Gilded Age, when an oligarchy of wealth triumphed over democracy. At the end of the Civil War, with the rebellion put down and slavery ended, America belonged to Lincoln's "plain people." But "government of the people" and economic democracy were betrayed by political parties that fanned memories of the war to distract Americans from government of the corporation. Jay Gould, the "Mephisto of Wall Street," never runs for office, but he rules. A depression brought on by railroad speculation throws millions out of work, the hungry riot for bread in Buffalo, the homeless sleep on Chicago's streets, strikers are shot, and the nation's presidents avert their eyes. God instructs President McKinley to invade Cuba and seize the Philippines from Spain; turning from liberators to occupiers, U.S. troops slaughter and starve the (Roman Catholic) Filipinos in the name of "Christianizing" them.--From publisher description.
9781400032426 : $15.95 1400032423 : $15.95
Political corruption--History--United States--19th century.
Democracy--History--United States--19th century.
Capitalism--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.
United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.
United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
002 E 661 / B369a 2008
973.8