Americana
A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
Bhu Srinivasan
Explore the fascinating history of American capitalism with Americana, a gripping and original narrative that takes readers on a 400-year journey of innovation and ambition. From the Mayflower to the Internet, learn about the Next Big Things that drove American progress, including the telegraph, railroad, guns, banking, flight, and mobile technology. Author Bhu Srinivasan brilliantly reframes events, people, and trends through the prism of capitalism, revealing unexpected connections and shedding new light on American enterprise. Entertaining, eye-opening, and sweeping in its scope, Americana is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the history of modern America.
Publish Date
2017-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
2017-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.4
ISBN
9780399563812
Recommendations
5
Recommendations
2020-11-29T12:26:52.000Z
Finished a great book Americana: 400 yr history of American capitalism by @bhu_srinivasan
Basically looks at US history through the eyes of business with easy to read chapters on topics like railroads, cotton,slavery, steel,auto, radio tv etc. Totally fascinating stories.
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@zachcoelius I highly recommend Americana. It’s enlightening. And tells US history through capitalism. And then this book - Splendid Exchange - does a great job of the same though globally. Changed so much about my understanding of the world – source2020-11-02T18:16:44.000Z
@beanieville @Wealth_Theory @naval @ValaAfshar If a government can make it better another government can make it worse.
I found this book really fleshed out the different approaches of US capitalism vs other systems – source