Land of Promise
An Economic History of the United States
New York : Harper, 2012.
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (vi, 586 pages)
Presents a historical perspective on the relationship between economic, technological, and political change by analyzing the economic growth of the United States over the course of two centuries.
Contents:
A land of promise -- The preindustrial economy -- Nation building -- The first American economy -- The age of steam -- "There is nothing that cannot be produced by machinery": the first industrial revolution -- American systems -- Plain mechanic power: The Civil War and the second republic -- The iron horse and the lightning -- The motor age -- Franklin's baby: electricity, automobiles, and the second Industrial Revolution -- The day of combination -- The new era -- A new deal for America -- Arsenal of democracy -- The glorious thirty years -- The great dismantling -- The information age -- As we may think: the third Industrial Revolution -- The bubble economy -- The next American economy.
ISBN:
9780062097729
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Ebook
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [485]-552) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [485]-552) and index.
Description based on print version record.