A painting called American Progress, which hangs in the Western Heritage Museum in Los Angeles, shows a woman inspired by classical antiquity clutching a Bible, sweeping into barren land populated by cowering savages. In her wake, there advances, under clearing skies, a wave of agrarian fertility, steam locomotives and pioneer wagon trains.

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The House of Rothschild: Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
The War of the World
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World