An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power

Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way -- through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history, John Steele Gordon captures as never before the true source of our nation's global influence: wealth and the capacity to create more of it.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

• Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States
• The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business
• The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
• The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash
• The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
• Empire of Cotton: A Global History
• A History of the United States in Five Crashes: Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation
• The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862
• The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power: 1653-2000
• America's Three Regimes: A New Political History