The pursuit of happiness -- pt. 1. A vast and roaring wilderness -- The land, the people, and the law -- In the name of God and profit -- The Atlantic empire -- pt. 2. A country that could make itself as it pleased -- Transition : The American Revolution -- The Hamiltonian creation -- A terrible synergy -- Labor improbus omnia vincit -- The Jeffersonian destruction -- New Jersey must be free! -- Chaining the lightning of heaven -- Whales, wood, ice, and gold -- pt. 3. The emerging colossus -- Transition : The Civil War -- Capitalism red in tooth and claw -- Doing business with glass pockets -- Was there ever such a business! -- A cross of gold -- pt. 4. The American century begins -- Transition : The First World War -- Getting prices down to the buying power -- Fear itself -- Converting retreat into advance -- pt. 5. A new economic revolution -- Transition : The Second World War -- The great postwar boom -- The crisis of the New Deal order -- A new economy, a new world, a new war.
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