{"product_id":"american-colossus","title":"American Colossus","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of \u003ci\u003eOur First Civil War: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ea \"first-rate\" narrative history (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethat brilliantly portrays the emergence, in a remarkably short time, of a recognizably modern America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Colossus\u003c\/i\u003e captures the decades between the Civil War and the turn of the twentieth century, when a few breathtakingly wealthy businessmen transformed the United States from an agrarian economy to a world power. From the first Pennsylvania oil gushers to the rise of Chicago skyscrapers, this spellbinding narrative shows how men like Morgan, Carnegie, and Rockefeller ushered in a new era of unbridled capitalism. In the end America achieved unimaginable wealth, but not without cost to its traditional democratic values.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841280127181,"sku":"9780307386779","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_2e54e2b9-64c7-4596-a579-ca8e152a142b.jpg?v=1792025839","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/american-colossus","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}