Colony and Empire: The Capitalist Transformation of the American West

(Part of the Development of Western Resources Series)

by William G. Robbins

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Popular writers and historians alike have perpetuated the powerful myth of the rugged-individualist single-handedly transforming the American West. In reality, William Robbins counters, it was the Guggenheims and Goulds, the Harrimans and Hearsts, and the Morgans and Mellons who masterminded what the West was to become. Remove the romance, he shows, and a darker West emerges--a colonial-like region where "industrial statesmen," aided by eastern U.S...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0700607501

ISBN13:9780700607501

Release Date:October 1994

Publisher:University Press of Kansas

Length:274 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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19th Century Business Business & Finance Business & Investing Business Development Development & Growth Economic History Economics Free Enterprise History

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