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" History of the American economy / "
Gary M. Walton, Hugh Rockoff.
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614223
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Walton, Gary M.
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History of the American economy /\ Gary M. Walton, Hugh Rockoff.
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Twelfth edition.
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xxiii, 599 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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9781111822927
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: 1111822921
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: 9781285924281
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: 1285924282
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Previous edition: 2012.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Globally-free markets for the twenty-first century? / George W. Bush -- History of the American Economy. Chapter 1. Growth, welfare, and the American economy. Part 1. The colonial Era: 1607-1776. Chapter 2. Founding the colonies ; Chapter 3. Colonial economic activities ; Chapter 4. The economic relations of the colonies ; Chapter 5. Economic progress and wealth ; Chapter 6. Three crises and revolt. Part 2. The revolutionary, early national, and antebellum eras: 1776-1860. Chapter 7. Hard realities of a new nation ; Chapter 8. Land and the early westward movements ; Chapter 9. Transportation and market growth ; Chapter 10. Market expansion and industry in first transition ; Chapter 11. Labor during the early industrial period ; Chapter 12. Money and banking in the developing economy ; Chapter 13. The entrenchment of slavery and regional conflict. Part 3. The reunification era: 1860-1920. Chapter 14. War, recovery, and regional divergence ; Chapter 15. Agriculture's western advance ; Chapter 16. Railroads and economic change ; Chapter 17. Industrial expansion and concentration ; Chapter 18. The emergence of America's labor conciousness ; Chapter 19. Money, prices, and finance in the postbellum era ; Chapter 20. Commerce at home and abroad. Part 4. War, depression, and war again: 1914-1946. Chapter 21. World War I, 1914-1918 ; Chapter 22. The roaring twenties ; Chapter 23. The great depression ; Chapter 24. The new deal ; Chapter 25. World War II. Part 5. The postwar era: 1946 to the present. Chapter 26. The changing role of the federal government: Federal spending in peace and war ; Chapter 27. The changing role of federal government: Consumer safety, agriculture, the environment, and housing ; Chapter 29. Manufacturing, productivity, and labor ; Chapter 30. Achievements of the past, challenges for the future.
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Economic history.
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Economic policy.
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United States, Economic conditions.
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United States, Economic policy.
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United States.
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Rockoff, Hugh
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