Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture William Leach Random House; 1993 428 Pages  The transformations that America went through in order to become a capitalist country were very significant and are sometimes looked past. However, in the book Land of Desire, the author, William Leach extensively goes into many of those things. There were many things that went into this ranging from specific poeple and incidents to outside places and …showed first 75 words of 2291 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2291 total…mind. Leach made it so that anyone, whether you knew a lot about the subject or not, could understand what went on and why. Any ideas that needed to maybe be explained to the commoner were explained and it was very helpful in understanding the book. I appreciated that a lot, but I am not the most learned person and I don't know a whole lot on this subject or it's background. Bibliography see above