Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism

In Americana, Srinivasan offers a fresh take on the history of American innovation and entrepreneurship through a series of "Next Big Things"—from the telegraph, railroads, and guns to flight, suburbia, and sneakers—culminating in the Internet and mobile technology at the turn of the 21st century. The result is a thrilling alternative history of modern America that reframes events, trends, and people we thought we knew through the prism of our nation’s value that for better or for worse, it holds dearest: capitalism.