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The book includes chapters on the economic history of native americans to 1860, and also on the european and african backgrounds. Email your librarian or administrator to recommend adding this book to your organisations collection. This essay tells the story of that transformation and its effect on the practice of economic history. Rise and fall of american growth, the the princeton economic. Subsequent chapters cover the settlement and growth of the colonies, including special surveys of the northern colonies, the southern colonies, and the west indies to 1850. As ideological free marketers continue to square off against keynesians in congress and the press, economic policy remains at the center of political debate.
From the american system to mass production, 18001932. This source provides the latest research on key events, themes, and legacies of americas economic history from colonial america to present day. Irwins clashing over commerce is the most authoritative and comprehensive history of us trade policy to date, offering a clear picture of the various economic and political forces that have shaped it. Our editors independently research, test, and recommend the best products. The book reads too much like a regular history book but im not sure if thats because economic history and regular history are one and the same in the end, economic drivers are usually behind most of what happens around us, or if the author just couldnt find a more original approach to the subject.
Omitting the economic circumstances of colonial america, it comprises a time frame that ranges from the revolutionary war to the great recession. In school, having a favorite class was usually dependent on the teacher. It includes many topics traditionally associated with the field of economic history, such as insurance, banking and regulation, the political dimension of business, and the impact of capitalism on the middle classes, the poor and women and minorities. Verified purchase northwestern economics professor robert gordon has a written a mostly very good and a very long book 762 pages in the print edition on the history of economic growth in the united states from 1870 to the present. The american economy has been driven by waves of technological change and the successful adoption of ideas from elsewhere. An economic history of the united states is a book on the economic history of the united states of america by michael lind, first published in 2012 by harpercollins.
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