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A new economic view of American history : from colonial times to 1940.

Title: A new economic view of American history : from colonial times to 1940.
Author: Atack, Jeremy.
Publication: New York : Norton, 1994.

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xxi, 714 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

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.
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.

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Rev. ed. of: A new economic view of American history / Susan Previant Lee and Peter Passell. 1st ed. c1979.

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Contents

Introduction: What's New about the "New View" of American Economic History -- 1. American Economic Growth: A Long-Run Perspective -- 2. The Colonial Economy -- 3. The American Revolution: Some Causes and Consequences -- 4. Money and Banking before the Civil War -- 5. Foreign Trade and Commercial Policy in the Development of a New Nation -- 6. The Transportation Revolution and Domestic Commerce -- 7. The Beginnings of Industrialization -- 8. Population Growth and Redistribution -- 9. Westward Expansion and Public Land Policy -- 10. Northern Agricultural Development before the Civil War -- 11. Slavery and Southern Development -- 12. How the Southern Slave System Worked -- 13. The Economics of the Civil War -- 14. The South after the Civil War -- 15. Northern Agricultural Development after the Civil War -- 16. Railroads and Nineteenth-Century American Economic Growth and Development -- 17. The Changing Structure of American Industry -- 18. Structural Change in America's Financial Markets.
19. The Market for Labor in Historical Perspective -- 20. America Comes of Age: 1914-29 -- 21. The Great Depression: Explaining the Contraction -- 22. The Great Depression, 1933-39: The Recovery? -- 23. The Development of Government Intervention: From the Price of Bread to the Price of Wheat.

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93029990

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Columbia University Libraries