American colossus: the triumph of capitalism, 1865-1900

The rise of the moguls. Speculation as martial art

One nation under rails

The first triumvirate

Toil and trouble

Frontiers of enterprise. The conquest of the South

Lakota's last stand

Profits on the hoof

To make the desert bloom

Gotham and Gomorrah. The teeming shore

Cities of the plain

Below the El

The finest government money can buy. School for scandal

The spirit of '76

Lives of the parties

Capital improvements

The decade of the century. Meet Jim Crow

Affairs of the heartland

The wages of capitalism

Tariff bill and dollar mark

Imperial dreams

The apotheosis of Pierpont Morgan

Epilogue: the democratic counterrevolution.