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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: From the voyage of the Mayflower to the Revolutionary War, early America was already bound to capitalism.
Chapter 3: As America expanded, its transportation networks boomed.
Chapter 4: The American South’s economy, built on cotton and slavery, proved no match for the more rapidly developing North.
Chapter 5: A wave of spectacular innovations emerged from America in the late nineteenth century.
Chapter 6: Two major magnates, Rockefeller and Carnegie, defined the Gilded Age.
Chapter 7: As the twentieth century began, the government began to exert more influence over how businesses operated.
Chapter 8: The government’s role in the economy kept expanding, especially during periods of war and crisis.
Chapter 9: After World War II, the rise of suburbia transformed American culture for those allowed inside.
Chapter 10: Quintessentially American, highways produced many knock-on effects for the economy.
Chapter 11: As technological advances in computing soared, so too did its economics.
Chapter 12: Despite the exuberant dot-com bubble, American capitalism and democracy remain closely intertwined.
Description
Americana (2017) traces the history of the USA from one key perspective: capitalism. Bhu Srinivasan shows how the development of the country has been closely bound up with the development of capitalism, from the New England colonies’ earliest days to the most recent innovations of Silicon Valley or Wall Street.
Named by The Economist as one of the best books of 2017
Who Should Listen
- American history enthusiasts
- People interested in the economy past and present
- Fans – or enemies – of capitalism