TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beatty,Jack
TI  - Age of betrayal: the triumph of money in America, 1865-1900 
SN  - 9781400032426 :
AV  - 002 E 661 B369a 2008
U1  - 973.8 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Vintage Books
KW  - Political corruption
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1865-1900
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 1865-1918
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -