Henry E. Huntington, nephew and protégé of Southern Pacific Railroad magnate Collis Huntington, decided to invest his fortune in developing interurban railroa

Race riots. Labor strikes. Women's battle for the vote. The aftermath of the Great War. The transformative events and harsh realities of the year 1919 still rev

The Art of Wealth provides a fresh perspective on the complicated mix of public and private motives and models that characterized art collecting and philanthrop

This edition has 65 new images, making a total of 500. The original configurations were altered so that there is only one species per plate. The text is a revis