American Economic History (5th Edition) - Hardcover

Jonathan R.T. Hughes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0321011430 ISBN 13: 9780321011435

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1997

Synopsis

The five parts cover: The colonial period, 16071783, The national period and constitutional crisis, 1783-1861, The rise of an industrial society, 1861-1914, The expansion of federal power 1914-1945, and Brave new world? 1945-present. DLC: United States Economic conditions.

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Rich in both quantitative techniques and economic theory,American Economic Historydemonstrates how an understanding of our past can illuminate economic issues that face society today and in the future.

Overseas Empire; Colonial Development; America on the Eve of Revolution; Gaining Independence; Westward Expansion; Population and Labor Force; Law and the Rise of Classical American Capitalism; Transportation: Internal Improvements and Urbanization; Agricultural Expansion: The Conflict of Two Systems on the Land; The Debate Over Slavery; The Early Industrial Sector; The Financial System and the International Economy; Economic Effects of the Civil War;  Railroads and Economic Development; Post-Civil War Agriculture; Population Growth and the Atlantic Migration; Industrialization, Entrepreneurship, and Urban Growth; Big Business and Government Intervention; Financial Developments 1863-1914; The Great Economy and Its International Relations; Labor and the Law; The Command Economy Emerges: World War I; “Normalcy: 1919-1929; The Great Depression; The New Deal; The “Prosperity of Wartime; Before the New Frontier: The Postwar Economy; Population, Health and Labor; Postwar Industry and Agriculture; To the New Millennium and Beyond; Does Our Past Have a Future?

For those interested in learning how our present economy works by exploring its past.

About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0321011430
• ISBN 13: 9780321011435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 634