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Civil War Barons - The Tycoons, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, and Visionaries Who Forged Victory and Shaped a Nation (Hardcover)
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Civil War Barons - The Tycoons, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, and Visionaries Who Forged Victory and Shaped a Nation (Hardcover)
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Before the Civil War, America had undergone a technological
revolution that made large-scale industry possible, yet, except for
the expanding reach of railroads and telegraph lines, the country
remained largely rural, with only pockets of small manufacturing.
Then the war came and woke the sleeping giant. The Civil War
created a wave of unprecedented industrial growth and development,
producing a revolution in new structures, ideas, and inventions
that sustained the struggle and reshaped America. Energized by the
country's dormant potential and wealth of natural resources,
individuals of vision, organizational talent, and capital took
advantage of the opportunity war provided. Their innovations
sustained Union troops, affected military strategy and tactics, and
made the killing fields even deadlier. Individually, these men came
to dominate industry and amass great wealth and power;
collectively, they helped save the Union and refashion the economic
fabric of a nation. Utilizing extensive research in manuscript
collections, company records, and contemporary newspapers,
historian Jeffry D. Wert casts a revealing light on the individuals
most responsible for bringing the United States into the modern
age.
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