West Virginia and the Captains of Industry

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The first period of the twentieth century – that stretch of years beginning in the 1870s and ending with america’ entry into World War I – is referred to as the Gilded Age. This was once the era of the “Robber Barons” and the origin of modern The us. 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 have an effect on 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 change into a classic work of West Virginia history since its first publication by the West Virginia University Press in 1975. Somebody interested in the history of our state should read this revised edition; on the other hand, so should Somebody interested one day of West Virginia.


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