Typically, parliamentary republics are states that were previously constitutional monarchies with a parliamentary system, with the position of head of state hitherto a monarch. Following the defeat of Napoleon III in the Franco-Prussian War, France once again became a republic-the French Third Republic-in 1870.
Overview. Makes a reader feel like a time traveler plopped down among men who were by turns vicious and visionary.--The Christian Science Monitor. The modern American economy was the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan. They were the giants of the Gilded Age, a moment of riotous growth that established America as the richest, most inventive, and most productive country on the planet. Acclaimed author ...
Thomas Morrison Carnegie (October 2, 1843 â October 19, 1886) was a Scottish -born American industrialist . He was the brother of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie , and co-founder of the Edgar Thomson Steel Works (a steel manufacturing company). Early life Birthplace of Thomas Carnegie in Dunfermline, Scotland.