| Edition |
2nd ed. / Jeremy Atack, Peter Passell. |
| Description |
xxi, 714 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: A new economic view of American history / Susan Previant Lee and Peter Passell. 1st ed. c1979. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
American economic growth: a long-run perspective -- Colonial economy -- American revolution: some causes and consequences -- Money and banking before the civil war -- Foreign trade and commercial policy in the development of a new nation -- Transportation revolution and domestic commerce -- Beginnings of industrialization -- Population growth and redistribution -- Westward expansion and public land policy -- Northern agricultural development before the civil war -- Slavery and southern development -- How the southern slave system worked -- Economics of the civil war -- South after the civil war -- Northern agricultural development after the civil war -- Railroads and nineteenth-century American economic growth and development -- Changing structure of American industry -- Structural change in America's financial markets -- Market for labor in historical perspective -- America comes of age: 1914-29 -- Great depression: explaning the contraction -- Great depression, 1933-39: the recovery? -- Development of government intervention: from the price of bread to the price of wheat. |
| Summary |
Even though it's no longer very new, the "New Economic History" remains vital. Its hallmark is the application of economic theory and statistical methods to problems in history. New sources of data and advances in economic theory continually offer the opportunity for fresh looks at old and new questions. Since the initial publication of A New Economic View of American History in 1979, the field and its practitioners have matured considerably, and a torrent of new research has been performed. New chapters on long-run growth, the market for labor, population distribution and growth, financial markets, the changing structure of American industry, and the Great Depression have been added. Thus, Jeremy Atack and Peter Passell have filled the gaps that existed in the first edition, fashioning a true survey of America's economic history from colonial times through the New Deal. |
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Did mercantilism cause the American Revolution? Was slavery profitable? What contribution did migration and immigration make to the economic growth of the nation? How effective has government intervention been in the redistribution of income? Do we know enough about the causes of the Great Depression to prevent another one? Did the New Deal save American capitalism or undermine it? What is the record on tariff policy? These are just a few of the centrally important questions in American history that are illuminated in this book. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Dr. Joseph M. Gowaskie |
| Subject |
United States -- Economic conditions.
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United States. |
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Economic conditions. |
| Indexed Term |
Economic conditions History |
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United States |
| Subject |
United States -- Economic conditions. |
| Added Author |
Passell, Peter.
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Lee, Susan, 1943-
New economic view of American history.
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| ISBN |
0393963152 : $35.00 |
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9780393963151 |
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