New York, NY, Estados Unidos : Public Affairs, c2012.

1 recurso en línea (385 p.) ; xiv, 368 p. : il. ; 25 cm.

Introduction. -- 1. The shipbuilders' war. -- 2. The hyperpower. -- 3. The giant as adolescent. -- 4. American arms: Whitney, North, Blanchard, and Hall. -- 5. The rise of the west. -- 6. America is number two. -- 7. On the main stage. -- 8. The newest hyperpower. -- 9. Catching up to the hyperpower: a represe? -- Appendix: did Eli Whitney invent the cotton gin? -- Image sources, credits, and permissions. -- Acknowledgments. -- Notes. -- Index. --

"In the thirty years after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in world history. That is a well-known period in history, when titans like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan walked the earth. But as Charles R. Morris shows us, the platform for that spectacular growth spurt was built in the first half of the century. By the 1820s, America was already the world’s most productive manufacturer, and the most intensely commercialized society in history. The War of 1812jump started the great New England cotton mills, the iron centers in Connecticut and Pennsylvania, and the forges around the Great Lakes. In the decade after the War, the Midwest was opened by entrepreneurs. In this beautifully illustrated book, Morris paints a vivid panorama of a new nation buzzing with the work of creation. He also points out the parallels and differences in the nineteenth century American/British standoff and that between China and America today."

9781586488284 (print version)

9781610390491 (e-book)

Descripción basada en la versión impresa de este registro. EBL1028033

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Biblioteca cuenta con la versión impresa y la versión electrónica de esta publicación.

Para visualizar el texto completo de este libro, haga click aquí: http://www.UFM.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1028033

Para consultar los libros electrónicos del Portal de EBL, siga las siguientes instrucciones: http://biblioteca.ufm.edu/index.php?title=Ebook_Library Si está fuera del campus de la Universidad, tome en cuenta lo siguiente: http://biblioteca.ufm.edu/index.php/Recursos_digitales