Title The emergence of capitalism in early America / Christopher W. Calvo.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 296 pages)
	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Capitalism and Antebellum Economic Thought -- Laissez-faire in the American Tradition -- Progress and Poverty: Malthus and Ricardo in America -- The Crisis of Free Society: The Southern and Northern Reactionaries -- An American Political Economy -- Henry Carey, Nature, and the Destiny of Man -- Liberalism, Republicanism, and Finance -- Conclusion: The Old and the New in American Economics
Summary	"Contesting the assumption that early American economists were committed to Adam Smith's ideas of free trade and small government, this book provides a comprehensive history of the nation's economic thought from 1790 to 1860, tracing the development of a uniquely American understanding of capitalism"-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Capitalism -- United States -- History.
	Capitalism.
	United States.
	History.
	United States -- Economic conditions -- History.
	United States -- Social conditions -- History.
	Social conditions.
	Economic conditions.
	HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
	Economic history.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Calvo, Christopher W. Emergence of capitalism in early America. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2020 9780813066332 (DLC) 2019032955
ISBN	9780813057446 (electronic book)
	0813057442 (electronic book)
	9780813066332 (hardcover)