Morris, Charles R

Describes the history of the early nineteenth century when the United States was in transition from a rural economy to an industrial powerhouse, and the combination of universal male suffrage, the shift of political power from elites to the middle class, and the commitment to mechanized production produced a mass-consumption society.

Examines the economic, political, and social factors that led to the largest credit bubble in world history, setting the stage for the economic boom of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the economic downfall of the early twenty-first century.

Describes the history of Catholicism's rise from an insignificant sect in the early nineteenth-century to America's largest and most influential church.

Presents an analysis of how Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan revolutionized the American economy during the Industrial Age, and discusses how each built their empires, the competition among them, and their influence on society.