Empire of Wealth by John Steele Gordon

Empire of Wealth by John Steele Gordon

The United States is a formidable military power. But unlike empires from ancient Rome to modern England, America came to dominate the world in a less warlike, more subtle manner - through economic might. In An Empire of Wealth, John Steele Gordon captures the true source of our nation's global influence: wealth and the capacity to create more of it.

As a new nation, the United States used its English political inheritance, its restless, innovative, ambitious population, and its vast resources to the fullest. It was also very lucky. As the economy grew, it survived several potentially ruinous episodes, including the Civil War and the Great Depression, which nearly sent the banking system into irrevocable collapse. In a stirring narrative that mirrors the remarkable trajectory of America's history, Gordon captures as never before the true source of our nation's global triumph.John Steele Gordon is the author of A Thread Across the Ocean, The Business of America, and The Great Game, and a columnist for American Heritage. He lives in North Salem, New York."Fascinating ... A colorful, entertaining history of the American economy ... Mr. Gordon, in telling his tale, keeps a sharp eye out for the unintended consequences of economic change. They provide some of his most arresting facts." -- The New York Times

John Steele Gordon is a notable historian specialized in business and financial history in the United States. Gordon has been a full-time writer for the past nineteen years, and his work has appeared in Forbes, Forbes FYI, Worth, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal's Op-Ed pages, and The Washington Post's Book World and Outlook, among other publications. He has been a contributing editor at American Heritage magazine since 1989, where he has written the Business of America column. These essays are collected in his book The Business of America (Walker & Company, 2001). Gordon's sixth book is A Thread Across the Ocean: The Epic Tale of the Transatlantic Cable (Walker & Company, 2002).

His first book, Overlanding, was released by Harper & Row in 1975 and chronicled his experience driving a Land Rover from New York to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, over a three-month journey of 39,000 miles. The Scarlet Lady of Wall Street, a history of Wall Street in the 1860s, followed. John Steele Gordon is a frequent guest on Public Radio International's Marketplace, a daily business news show broadcast on over 200 stations nationwide. He's also featured on CNBC's Business Center, PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, The News with Brian Williams, and c-span's Booknotes with Brian Lamb, among other radio and television shows.

He has also appeared in several television documentaries about American and economic history, including CNBC's The Great Game, which is based on his book, and Ric Burns' New York: A Documentary Film. North Salem, New York, is home to John Steele Gordon. An Empire of Wealth: A History of the American Economy is his latest project, which will be published by HarperCollins.

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ISBN 13	9780060505127
ISBN 10	0060505125
Title	Empire of Wealth
Author	John Steele Gordon
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2005-10-25
Number of pages	496
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