West Virginia and the Captains of Industry

Author:   John A. Williams
Publisher:   West Virginia University Press
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9780937058787


Pages:   239
Publication Date:   30 March 2003
Format:   Paperback
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"The first period of the twentieth century - that stretch of years beginning in the 1870s and ending with the United States' entry into World War I - is known as the Gilded Age. This was the era of the """"Robber Barons"""" and the origin of modern America. These were the years in which developments in coal, steam, oil, and gas forged our national infrastructure. West Virginia and the Captains of Industry show how the excesses of the Gilded Age and the latitude our government accorded industrialists of the time created an impact on the fragile economy of our new state that accounts for much of the political and economic landscape of modern West Virginia. Gracefully written and thoroughly researched, West Virginia and the Captains of Industry has become a classic work of West Virginia history since its first publication by the West Virginia University Press in 1975. Anyone interested in the history of our state must read this revised edition; then again, so must anyone interested in the future of West Virginia."

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Author:   John A. Williams
Publisher:   West Virginia University Press
Imprint:   West Virginia University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.10cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9780937058787


ISBN 10:   0937058785
Pages:   239
Publication Date:   30 March 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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John Alexander Williams received his PhD in History from Yale University in 1966, having studied with the eminent American historian, C. Vann Woodward. He taught at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Illinois at Chicago before joing the Department of History at West Virginia University in 1972. He is now Professor of History at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, having also directed the Center for Appalachian Studies for seven years.

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