Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 2008 M09 15 - 560 páginas The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this success has been widespread participation in political and economic processes. In The Government and the American Economy, leading economic historians chronicle the significance of America’s open-access society and the roles played by government in its unrivaled success story. |
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... flexibility contract payments under FAIR , 1996-2002 475 15.3 Direct government payments to agricultural producers and farm owners , 1982–2001 476 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Lee J. Alston is professor of economics xiv LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES.
... agricultural and resource economics at North Carolina State University. Randal R. Rucker is professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. Richard Sylla is professor of economics ...
... agricultural society to an urban manufacturing giant and then to a service economy (specializing in technological development), and a devastatingly destruc- tive civil war (to mention only a few of the fundamental changes) suggest the ...
... agriculture production and in the importance of agriculture relative to other economic sectors. The proprietors and investors in the colonies were generally from among the wealthiest 42 . STANLEY L ENGERMAN.
... agricultural sector based on of hired labor and tenants . There- fore , it is not surprising that many of the North American proprietors and settlers with large landholdings sought to transfer these institutions to the New World . Key ...
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3 The Founding Era 1774 1791 | 56 |
4 Property Rights and Federal Land Policy | 89 |
Government and the Financial System since 1789 | 115 |
6 The National Era | 148 |
7 The Civil War and Reconstruction | 188 |
8 Government and the American Dilemma | 232 |
13 The New Deal | 384 |
14 The World Wars | 431 |
15 The Growth of US Farm Programs | 456 |
The Role of the South | 490 |
17 Seeking Security in the Postwar Era | 507 |
APPENDIX A Key Indicators of Economic and Government Activity | 557 |
APPENDIX B The Articles of Confederation | 571 |
APPENDIX C The Constitution of the United States | 581 |
9 The Gilded Age | 255 |
10 The Progressive Era | 288 |
Labor Education and Health | 323 |
From Patronage to Civil Service | 364 |
APPENDIX D The Bill of Rights | 593 |
INDEX | 595 |
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Government and the American Economy: A New History Price V. Fishback Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |