author: H.W. Brands
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/09/05
date added: 2011/09/26
shelves: ebook, history, non-fiction, didnt-finish, read-again
review:
Read several weeks ago; it had to be “returned” before I was finished, and it wasn’t available to be checked out again. 🙁
Less of a coherent narrative than a series of historical vignettes, taking aspects of American life in the late 19th century and examining them through a lens of the growth of modern capitalism. Most interesting to me were the chapters that looked at areas that aren’t normally associated with big business: cowboys and Indians (so to speak) were particularly intriguing.
I was somewhat disappointed by the disjointed nature of the book, but once I accepted that, I enjoyed it, and I’d like to read this again.