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History and Current Events August 2020
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Iron empires : robber barons, railroads, and the making of modern America
by Michael A. Hiltzik
A four-decade history of America's Gilded Age traces how empire builders and robber barons shaped the Transcontinental Railroad industry and its role in stock-market dynamics, labor strikes and the relationship between government and business. 35,000 first printing. Illustrations. Map(s).(Publisher)
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14 miles : building the border wall
by D. W. Gibson
The award-winning journalist and author of The Edge Becomes the Center presents an eyewitness report on the construction of President Trump’s border wall construction and how it is impacting San Diego residents and patrol agents. 60,000 first printing. (Publisher)
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