| Description |
xix, 613 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Government and the economy / Price Fishback -- Government in colonial America / Stanley L. Engerman -- Founding era, 1774-1791 / Robert A. McGuire -- Property rights and federal land policy / Gary D. Libecap -- Reversing financial reversals : government and the financial system since 1789 / Richard Sylla -- National era / John Joseph Wallis -- Civil War and Reconstruction / Jeffrey Rogers Hummel -- Government and the American dilemma / Robert A. Margo -- Gilded Age / Mark Guglielmo and Werner Troesken -- Progressive Era / Price Fishback -- Government and the people : labor, education, and health / Sumner J. La Croix -- Federal bureaucracy : from patronage to civil service / Gary D. Libecap -- New Deal / Price Fishback -- World wars / Robert Higgs -- Growth of U.S. farm programs / Randal R. Rucker and E. C. Pasour Jr. -- Shaping welfare policy : the role of the south / Lee J. Alston and Joseph P. Ferrie -- Seeking security in the postwar era / Price Fishback. |
| Subject |
United States -- Economic policy.
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United States. |
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Economic policy. |
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United States -- History.
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History. |
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Overheidsbeleid. |
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Economie. |
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Amerika. |
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États-Unis -- Politique économique. |
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États-Unis -- Histoire. |
| Added Author |
Fishback, Price Van Meter.
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| ISBN |
9780226251271 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226251276 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780226251288 paperback alkaline paper |
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0226251284 paperback alkaline paper |
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