Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-460) and index.
Contents
Part one: The national scene: the national character -- What the young men dream -- Of empire-builders -- The winning of the west -- Two captains of industry -- The fight for Erie -- Grandeurs and miseries of empire-building -- Part two: Rising from the ruins -- Mephistopheles -- Caesar Borgia in California -- Giants of the northwest -- Certain industrialists arose -- Morgan and the railways -- The robber barons -- Again the robber barons -- Concentration: the great trusts -- The empire of Morgan -- Battle of giants.
