The Cambridge Economic History of the United StatesStanley L. Engerman, Robert E. Gallman Cambridge University Press, 1996 - 1008 páginas Volume II surveys the economic history of the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean during the nineteenth century. Five main themes frame the economic changes described in the volume: the migration of labor and capital from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas; westward expansion; slavery and its aftermath; the process of industrialization; and the social consequences of economic growth that led to fundamental changes in the role of government. Other topics include: inequality, population, labor, agriculture, entrepreneurship, transportation, banking and finance, business law, and international trade. |
Contenido
The Economy of Canada in the Nineteenth Century | 57 |
Inequality in the Nineteenth Century | 109 |
The Population of the United States 17901920 | 143 |
The Labor Force in the Nineteenth Century | 207 |
The Farm the Farmer and the Market | 245 |
Northern Agriculture and the Westward Movement | 285 |
Slavery and Its Consequences for the South in | 329 |
Technology and Industrialization 17901914 | 367 |
The Economics | 483 |
Internal Transportation in the Nineteenth | 543 |
Banking and Finance 17891914 | 643 |
U S Foreign Trade and the Balance of Payments | 685 |
International Capital Movements Domestic Capital | 733 |
The Social Implications of U S Economic | 813 |
Bibliographic Essays | 865 |
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Entrepreneurship Business Organization | 403 |
Business Law and American Economic History | 435 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Cambridge Economic History of the United States Stanley L. Engerman,Robert E. Gallman Vista previa limitada - 1996 |
The Cambridge Economic History of the United States Stanley L. Engerman,Robert E. Gallman Sin vista previa disponible - 1996 |
The Cambridge Economic History of the United States Stanley L. Engerman,Robert E. Gallman Sin vista previa disponible - 1996 |
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