Marshall Steinbaum's Top Book Recommendations

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This original, deeply researched history shows the transcontinentals to be pivotal actors in the making of modern America. But the triumphal myths of the golden spike, robber barons larger than life, and an innovative capitalism all die here. Instead we have a new vision of the Gilded Age, often darkly funny, that shows history to be rooted in failure as well as success. less
Recommended by Kevin Gannon, Marshall Steinbaum, and 2 others.

Kevin Gannon@andrewbloomberg That's a great book! And yes, super-relevant (Source)

Marshall Steinbaum@_wolin @HeerJeet Also, much more recently, Richard White’s book Railroaded and his reasonably new history of the Gilded Age are must-reads. (Source)

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