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 Policies.- 18. 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; Economics; Economic History; Economic history; Economic history; Wirtschaft; Management science; Business & Economics -- Economic History; Economic history; United States -- Economic conditions; United States; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137393968; 1137393963
• 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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