THE ROBBER BARONS: THE GREAT AMERICAN CAPITALISTS 1861-1901
Book ID/图书代码： 13149010B41152
English Summary/英文概要： The Robber Barons details the history of a small class of men who arose at the time of the American Civil War and swept into power. They were aggressive, and in important crises, nearly all of them tended to act without those established principles associated with the common people of the community. At the same time, many of them showed qualities of courage. These robber barons, as were their medieval counterparts, were the dominating figures of an aggressive economic age.
In their hands the renovation of American economic life proceeded relentlessly: large-scale production replaced the scattered, decentralized production; industrial enterprises became more concentrated, where they had been purely individualistic and wasteful. To organize and exploit the resources of a nation upon a gigantic scale, to regiment its farmers and workers into producers, and to do this only in the name of profit—is the great contradiction whence so much disaster, outrage and misery has flowed.
Matthew Josephson illuminates the story of industrial concentration in the United States, which is here pursued through the study of the major financial events and personalities between 1861 and 1901. This book also focuses on establishing the manner in which the country’s natural resources and arteries of trade were preempted, its political institutions conquered, and its social philosophy turned into an economic one, by the new barons. This is, by all odds, a classic study of the culture of American capitalism.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《敛财大亨》一书详述了在美国内战时期卷入权利战争的一些小阶级人物的历史。他们有着掠夺的本性，在紧要关头，几乎所有人都不顾那些与老百姓相关的原则，只顾实施行动。同时，他们还展示上流社会的权利。这些资本家们，是中世纪的标志，是掠夺式经济时代的主导者。 在他们手中，美国经济生活的复苏过程变得异常严峻：大面积的商品替代了那些零散的商品；工业企业变得更加集中，他们透露出单纯的个人主义，并且异常浪费。为了大规模地组织和开发一个国家的资源，严格控制农民和工人转成生产商，并以这一行为单纯地赚取利润——这正是灾难，暴行以及穷困泛滥的原因。
Matthew Josephson通过对1861年到1901年之间主要经济事件和名人的研究，阐明了美国工业集中的情况，本书还关注国家自然资源建立的方式，以及贸易动脉被抢占，政治机构被征服，社会哲学变成了一个经济哲学，无疑地，这是对美国资本主义文化的经典研究。(兼职翻译-PXD)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Matthew Josephson(1899-1978)，美国记者，因美国经济史和法国文学方面的作品而闻名。除了作为The New Republic, The New Yorker以及 The Nation的撰稿人以外，他还撰写了许多书，包括《金钱巨头》，《主要的经济资本家》，《1925-1950》以及《超现实主义者的生活》。 Matthew Josephson (1899-1978) was an American journalist known for his work in American economic history and French literature. In addition to being a regular contributor to The New Republic, The New Yorker, and The Nation, he is the author of numerous books, including The Money Lords, The Great Finance Capitalists, 1925-1950, and Life Among the Surrealists.
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