An economic history of the United States : connecting the present with the past /: connecting the present with the past. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark V. Siegler.
• Authors: Siegler, Mark V
• Contents: 1. Introduction to US Economic History 2. Standards of Living and American Economic Growth 3. The Columbian Exchange: The Old World, The New World, and European Settlement 4. Institutional Foundations 5. The Financial System and Capital Accumulation 6. Natural Capital 7. Population and Population Growth 8. Transportation and Communication 9. Agriculture 10. Manufacturing and Industrialization 11. Education 12. Labor and Labor Markets 13. The Distribution of Income and Wealth 14. Segregation and Discrimination 15. Immigration and Immigration Policies 16. The Growth of Government 17. Regulation and Antitrust Policies18. Recessions, Depressions and Stabilization Policies 19. Negative Externalities and Common Resources 20. Social Spending and the Welfare State 21. Connecting the Present with the Past and Future Appendix: Chronology of Important Events
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (496 pages)
• Subjects: 330.973; Economic History; Economic history; Economic history; Wirtschaft; United States -- Economic conditions; United States; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137393968; 1137393963
• ISSNs: 8673-2094
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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