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American Economic History

by: Hughes, Jonathan; Cain, Louis P.

American Economic History

by: Hughes, Jonathan; Cain, Louis P.

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9780321278890
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0321278895
Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2007
Publisher: Addison Wesley
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Summary

In simple, elegant language,HughesandCain walk students through four centuries of political, social, and economic history, with a focus on laws and institutions and an emphasis on current economic topics that reflects the latest scholarship. Rich in both quantitative techniques and economic theory,American Economic Historydemonstrates how an understanding of our past can illuminate economic issues that face society today and in the future.

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xvi

Introduction

xviii

PART 1 THE COLONIAL PERIOD, 1607--1783

(85)

Overseas Empire

(22)

European Expansion and Discovery

(3)

England Overseas

(19)

Colonial Development

(19)

Towns and Seaports

(3)

Regional Specialization

(10)

The Common-Law Heritage

(6)

America on the Eve of Revolution

(20)

Population Sources and Growth

(4)

Wealth and Income

(3)

Was There a Money Shortage in Colonial America?

(13)

Gaining Independence

(20)

Expansion and the Western Lands

(2)

British Trade Policy

(4)

How Did Britain Affect American Economic Growth?

(2)

The End of Colonial Dependence

(4)

The War for Independence

(2)

How Much Did It Cost to Belong to Britain?

(6)

Photo Essay: Fur Trappers and Traders

(16)

PART 2 THE NATIONAL PERIOD AND CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS, 1783--1861

(176)

Westward Expansion

(18)

The Constitutional Settlement of 1789--1791

(3)

The Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787

(6)

Territorial Gains 1790--1853

(1)

Disposal of the Public Lands

(9)

Population and Labor Force

107

(26)

Size and Natural Increase

107

(3)

Immigration Before 1860

110

(4)

The End of White Servitude and the Continuation of Black Slavery

114

(4)

Labor in American Society Before 1860

118

(4)

Population Expansion and Overall Economic Growth

122

(1)

Income and Wealth Distribution by 1860

123

(10)

Law and the Rise of Classical American Capitalism

133

(15)

The Colonial Property Rights Heritage

133

(1)

Real Property Rights

134

(1)

Basic Legal Developments

135

(3)

Law, Income, and Wealth Transfers

138

(3)

Eminent Domain

141

(1)

Incorporation

141

(1)

The Supreme Court and Economic Growth Before 1860

142

(6)

Transportation, Internal Improvements, and Urbanization

148

(22)

The Internal Improvement Era

149

(1)

Roads, Canals, Steamboats, and Railroads

150

(9)

Urbanization

159

(11)

Photo Essay: Early Roadways and Waterways

156

(6)

Photo Essay: Boomtown

162

(8)

Agricultural Expansion: The Conflict of Two Systems on the Land

170

(19)

Settlement and Population

171

(5)

Cotton as a Foreign-Exchange Earner

176

(1)

Agricultural Labor: Dependence on Slavery

177

(3)

Western Expansion of Northern Agriculture

180

(4)

The Compromise Fails

184

(5)

Photo Essay: Two Agricultural Cultures

185

(4)

The Debate over Slavery

189

(19)

Why the Controversy?

189

(1)

The Slave Family

190

(3)

Was Slavery Doomed Without Civil War?

193

(5)

Why Did Slavery Persist?

198

(2)

Problems of the Slave ``Business Firm''

200

(3)

Retrospect

203

(5)

The Early Industrial Sector

208

(26)

The Direction of Change in Manufacturing

208

(9)

Energy Sources

217

(2)

Industrial Location

219

(4)

Contrasts Between the North and South

223

(2)

Manufacturing and the Tariff Question

225

(9)

Photo Essay: Towns and Cities

220

(14)

The Financial System and the International Economy

234

(28)

Currency and Banking Developments

234

(9)

Other Intermediaries

243

(1)

The Financial Link: U.S. and World Economics

244

(6)

The Financial System and the Business Cycle

250

(3)

The Balance of Payments and the Cycle

253

(2)

Retrospect

255

(7)

Photo Essay: The California Gold Rush

246

(6)

Photo Essay: The China Trade

252

(10)

PART 3 THE RISE OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY, 1861--1914

262

(178)

Economic Effects of the Civil War

265

(22)

Measures of the War's Costs

265

(1)

Financing the Civil War

266

(4)

Did the War Aid Industrialization?

270

(2)

Comparative Recovery: The North and the South After the War

272

(8)

Conclusion

280

(7)

Photo Essay: The Real Financial Costs of War

267

(20)

Railroads and Economic Development

287

(17)

Completion of the Rail Network

288

(3)

Railroads and Economic Growth

291

(3)

Railroads and the Attack on Big Business

294

(10)

Photo Essay: Railroad Expansion

298

(6)

Post-Civil War Agriculture

304

(19)

The Homestead and the End of the Frontier Era

304

(6)

Expanding Agriculture and the Price Dilemma

310

(2)

The Farmers' Complaint

312

(2)

Closing the Frontier: A Glimpse of the Far Future

314

(9)

Photo Essay: Farm Technology Moves West

316

(7)

Population Growth and the Atlantic Migration

323

(16)

Trends

323

(2)

Immigration and Growth

325

(6)

The Urban Magnet

331

(8)

Photo Essay: Immigration and the Urban Market

332

(7)

Industrialization and Urban Growth

339

(30)

Preliminary Observations

339

(1)

The Rise of Heavy Industry

340

(11)

Expansion of the Market

351

(2)

Urban Growth

353

(4)

Industrial Growth Under Capitalism

357

(12)

Photo Essay: Factories and Mass Production

348

(4)

Photo Essay: Scale Economies in the Retailing Revolution

352

(2)

Photo Essay: Early Urban Mass Transit

354

(6)

Photo Essay: Invention and Innovation

360

(9)

Big Business and Government Intervention

369

(18)

Legal Changes: Corporations and the Law

370

(4)

The Pivotal Point: Munn v. Illinois

374

(3)

The Antitrust Acts

377

(3)

Remarks on Government Intervention

380

(7)

Photo Essay: The Gilded Age

371

(16)

Financial Developments 1863--1914

387

(21)

Creating Financial Intermediation

387

(7)

Investment Banking and the Capital Market

394

(3)

The Currency Question

397

(3)

What Did the Populists Want?

400

(8)

The Giant Economy and Its International Relations

408

(18)

Trends in Trade and Payments

408

(4)

The Tariff Question Again

412

(4)

The Gold Standard in 1900

416

(3)

International Capital Flows

419

(7)

Photo Essay: The Tariff

418

(8)

Labor and the Law

426

(14)

Labor's Social Position

427

(6)

The Emergence of National Unions

433

(3)

Antitrust Law and the Unions

436

(1)

Prelude to the 1930s

437

(3)

Photo Essay: Women and Children in the Labor Force

430

(5)

Photo Essay: Labor Unrest

435

(5)

PART 4 THE EXPANSION OF FEDERAL POWER, 1914--1945

440

(102)

The Command Economy Emerges: World War I

443

(14)

The Income Tax Amendment of 1913

443

(1)

World War I: The Numbers

444

(6)

The Command Economy

450

(2)

The Legacy of Wartime Control

452

(5)

Photo Essay: Modern War

445

(12)

``Normalcy'': 1919--1929

457

(22)

Income Distribution

457

(1)

The Expansion of the 1920s

458

(8)

The Financial Sector

466

(3)

The Great Crash

469

(6)

Explanations

475

(4)

Photo Essay: The New Leisure

460

(10)

Photo Essay: Location by Automobile

470

(9)

The Great Depression

479

(25)

Perspective

479

(2)

1929--1941: The Statistical Bare Bones

481

(7)

Explanations of the Great Depression

488

(10)

Where Things Stand

498

(6)

Photo Essay: The Great Depression

484

(8)

Photo Essay: Urban Growth

492

(12)

The New Deal

504

(22)

Emergency Measures

504

(2)

The First New Deal

506

(5)

The Second New Deal

511

(4)

What Were They Doing?

515

(1)

The New Deal: A Social Revolution?

516

(3)

The Legacy of the Depression

519

(7)

Photo Essay: The New Deal Out of Doors

512

(14)

The ``Prosperity'' of Wartime

526

(16)

The Scope of War Mobilization

527

(2)

Financing the War

529

(5)

The War, Labor, and Family Income

534

(2)

Consumption and Investment

536

(2)

The Keynesian Lesson

538

(4)

Photo Essay: Modern War Again

530

(12)

PART 5 BRAVE NEW WORLD? 1945--PRESENT

542

(122)

Before the New Frontier: The Postwar Economy

547

(14)

The Employment Act and Economic Stability, at Last

547

(7)

Postwar International Reorganization

554

(4)

General Considerations

558

(3)

Photo Essay: Prosperity Again

556

(5)

Population, Labor, and the Tertiary Sector

561

(29)

Population

561

(3)

Labor

564

(6)

Labor Force

570

(10)

Income Distribution

580

(3)

The Paradox of Tertiary Employment

583

(7)

Photo Essay: Facing the Enviornmental Crisis

567

(6)

Photo Essay: The Information Industry

573

(17)

Postwar Industry and Agriculture

590

(32)

Distribution of Employment and Value Added

591

(1)

Structure of Recent Industrial Growth

592

(1)

The Productivity Issue

593

(4)

The Old Economy: Decline of American Preeminence in Steel and Automobiles

597

(9)

The New Economy: American Preeminence in Electronics

606

(6)

Domestic Changes in Industrial Location

612

(2)

Modern Agriculture

614

(8)

Photo Essay: Competition Forces Progress

596

(12)

Photo Essay: Electronic Calculators

608

(14)

To the New Millennium and Beyond

622

(33)

The Fiscal Legacy of Camelot

623

(1)

The New Wave of Controls

624

(4)

The Long Peacetime Inflation

628

(8)

Stagflation and ``Supply-Side'' Economics

636

(12)

The Roaring 90s

648

(7)

Photo Essay: Alternative Energy

638

(9)

Photo Essay: International Markets

647

(8)

Does Our Past Have a Future?

655

(9)

Assets

655

(3)

Liabilities

658

(4)

Net Worth

662

(2)

Glossary

664

(6)

Credits

670

(3)

Name Index

673

(8)

Subject Index

681

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