Money on the land : America, vol. 8

Focus moves from the farm to the cities. Modern Chicago dissolves into the rich, raw materials of its countryside, ripe for exploitation by industrialists. Inventors such as Edison provide the methods, and the Rockefellers, Carnegies and Vanderbilts move in.

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"Focus moves from the farm to the cities. Modern Chicago dissolves into the rich, raw materials of its countryside, ripe for exploitation by industrialists. Inventors such as Edison provide the methods, and the Rockefellers, Carnegies and Vanderbilts move in."@en
"Alistair Cooke discusses how industrialization and urban growth in the United States during the latter part of 19th century and the earlier part of 20th century transformed America from an agricultural natiion to an industrial power. He also profiles Thomas Edison, Andrew Carnegie, and William Jennings Bryan."@en
"Deals with the turn-of-the-century industrialization of the United States. Discusses early American inventors whose newly discovered methods and resources were exploited by the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and other industrialists for business purposes."
"Deals with the turn-of-the-century industrialization of the United States. Discusses early American inventors whose newly discovered methods and resources were exploited by the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and other industrialists for business purposes."@en
"Examines the development and exploitation of America's natural wealth by money and industrial barons of the late 19th century."@en
"Depicts how Chicago becomes a city ripe for the exploitation by industrialists and tells the stories of Rockefellers, Carnegies and Vanderbilts."
"Tells us how industrialization and urban growth in the United States during the latter part of 19th century and the earlier part of 20th century."@en
"Looks at the turn-of-the century industrialization of the United States. Discusses early American inventors whose newly discovered methods and resources were exploited by the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and other industrialists for business purposes."
"Looks at the turn-of-the century industrialization of the United States. Discusses early American inventors whose newly discovered methods and resources were exploited by the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and other industrialists for business purposes."@en
"Deals with the industrialization of the United States. Early inventors, like Edison, as well as lucky prospectors, found the methods and resources; then the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts moved in, as the focus of America was given over from the farmer to the cities."@en
"Deals with the industrialization of the United States. Early inventors, like Edison, as well as lucky prospectors, found the methods and resources; then the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts moved in, as the focus of America was given over from the farmer to the cities."
"One of a series of films which illustrate Alistair Cooke's own, highly individual impression of the development and dynamism of the United States. This episode concerns the part that farmers played in the growth of the United States as an economic power. Chicago grew out of the countryside, and was ready for exploitation by turn-of-the-century industrialists."@en