Product Description: The colorful story behind one of America's greatest monuments and of the ancient obelisks of Egypt, now scattered around the world. Conceived soon after the American Revolution ended, the great monument to George Washington was not finally completed until almost a century later; the great obelisk was finished in 1884, and remains the tallest stone structure in the world at 555 feet...read more

Product Description: Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, communication between the United States and Europe -- the center of world affairs -- was only as quick as the fastest ship could cross the Atlantic, making the United States isolated and vulnerable...read more

Asserts that America became a modern superpower through its ability to generate wealth, documenting how the nation became an economic force through innovation and ambition while citing such challenges as the Civil War, the Depression, and the Internet era. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Product Description: For more than ten years, John Steele Gordon has written the widely read "The Business of America" column in American Heritage magazine. Marked by a combination of erudition, wit, and eloquence, Gordon's stories have celebrated the high points, and occasional low points, in the history of business in this country, from colonial days to the present...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A close-up look at one of the greatest engineering feats of all time describes the successful laying of a cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866, exploring the remarkable physical, financial, and technological challenges of the project and assessing the impact of the cable on the course of twentieth-century history.

A history of this important stretch of real estate traces the long rise of Manhattan's storied financial district from colonial outpost to the technological epicenter of world finance, chronicling the cast of visionaries, power brokers, and criminals whomade it happen

A colleciton of memorable stories of business in America, from the colonial days to the present day, celebrates the high points, occasional low points, and the history of business, revealing the stories of the honorable, the scandalous, and the saintly and discusses the evolution of common business trends and terms. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Wall Street has been many things in its day. It began as the northern defensive perimeter of a wilderness trading post, at a time when money was limited to gold and silver, and wealth was enjoyed by few. Today, it is a metaphor for the global financial market, as wealth has spread far and wide...read more

Details the financial intrigue that erupted over the Erie Railway

Details the financial intrigue that erupted over the Erie Railway