@article{340550,
      note = {Originally published in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf in  2007.},
      author = {Beatty, Jack.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/340550},
      title = {Age of betrayal : the triumph of money in America,  1865-1900 /},
      publisher = {Vintage books,},
      abstract = {A fresh look at the Gilded Age, when an oligarchy of  wealth triumphed over democracy. At the end of the Civil  War, with the rebellion put down and slavery ended, America  belonged to Lincoln's "plain people." But "government of  the people" and economic democracy were betrayed by  political parties that fanned memories of the war to  distract Americans from government of the corporation. Jay  Gould, the "Mephisto of Wall Street," never runs for  office, but he rules. A depression brought on by railroad  speculation throws millions out of work, the hungry riot  for bread in Buffalo, the homeless sleep on Chicago's  streets, strikers are shot, and the nation's presidents  avert their eyes. God instructs President McKinley to  invade Cuba and seize the Philippines from Spain; turning  from liberators to occupiers, U.S. troops slaughter and  starve the (Roman Catholic) Filipinos in the name of  "Christianizing" them.--From publisher description.},
      recid = {340550},
      pages = {xvii, 483 p. :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2008},
}