Frederick S. Weaver

An Economic History of the United States

Conquest, Conflict, and Struggles for Equality

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Produktbeschreibung

Tracing the economic machine of the United States from its first experiments in the colonies to the post-Great Recession era of today, Frederick S. Weaver creates a dynamic narrative of this country's progression through times of feast and times of famine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781442255197
• ISBN-10: 1442255196
• Artikelnr.: 42997373

Autorenporträt

Frederick S. Weaver is emeritus professor of economics and history at Hampshire College. He is author of eleven books, most recently The United States and the Global Economy: From Bretton Woods to the Current Crisis and Economic Literacy: Basic Economics with an Attitude, 3rd Edition.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction: Some Initial Definitions and Organizational Strategies Part I: Colonial Roots Chapter 1: Mercantilism
British Colonialism
and Independence Part II: The New Nation: From Revolution to Civil War Chapter 2: Defining the New Nation Chapter 3: Regions
Sections
and Civil War Part III: Fifty Years after the Civil War Chapter 4: Wartime Legislation
Western Expansion
and Reconstruction Chapter 5: Changing Forms of Industrial Development Chapter 6: Social Change
Politics
and Reform Chapter 7: The United States in the World Part IV: Into the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Chapter 8: War
Depression
War Chapter 9: Post-World War II Recovery
Institutional Innovation
Chapter 10: The Demise of the Bretton Woods System and the Dissolution of U.S. Modern Times
1980 Chapter 11: The Great Recession
Austerity
and Three Worrisome Tendencies Glossary Bibliography