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History of the American Economy (8th)

by: WALTON

History of the American Economy (8th)

by: WALTON

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9780030245794
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0030245796
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 09/05/1997
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Preface

vii

Chapter One Economic History

(18)

PART ONE THE COLONIAL ERA, 1607-1776

(118)

Chapter Two Founding the Colonies

(28)

Chapter Three Colonial Economic Activities

(20)

Chapter Four The Economic Relations of the Colonies

(24)

Chapter Five Economic Progress and Wealth

(24)

Chapter Six Three Crises and Revolt

117

(20)

PART TWO THE REVOLUTIONARY, EARLY NATIONAL, AND ANTEBELLUM ERAS, 1776-1860

137

(164)

Chapter Seven Hard Realities for a New Nation

139

(20)

Chapter Eight Land and the Early Westward Movements

159

(24)

Chapter Nine Transportation and Market Growth

183

(28)

Chapter Ten Market Expansion and Industry in First Transition

211

(24)

Chapter Eleven Labor During the Early Industrial Period

235

(22)

Chapter Twelve Money and Banking in the Developing Economy

257

(22)

Chapter Thirteen The Entrenchment of Slavery and Regional Conflict

279

(22)

PART THREE THE REUNIFICATION ERA, 1860-1920

301

(170)

Chapter Fourteen War, Recovery, and Regional Divergence

303

(24)

Chapter Fifteen Agriculture's Western Advance

327

(24)

Chapter Sixteen Railroads and Economic Change

351

(22)

Chapter Seventeen Industrial Expansion and Concentration

373

(26)

Chapter Eighteen The Emergence of America's Labor Consciousness

399

(22)

Chapter Nineteen Money, Prices, and Finance in the Postbellum Era

421

(26)

Chapter Twenty Commerce at Home and Abroad

447

(24)

PART FOUR WAR, DEPRESSION, AND WAR AGAIN: 1914-1946

471

(120)

Chapter Twenty-One World War I

473

(16)

Chapter Twenty-Two The Roaring Twenties

489

(26)

Chapter Twenty-Three The Great Depression

515

(26)

Chapter Twenty-Four The New Deal

541

(22)

Chapter Twenty-Five World War II

563

(28)

PART FIVE THE POSTWAR ERA: 1946 TO THE PRESENT

591

(148)

Chapter Twenty-Six The Growth of the Federal Government

593

(20)

Chapter Twenty-Seven Agriculture, the Environment, and Transportation

613

(28)

Chapter Twenty-Eight Money, Banking, and the Business Cycle After World War II

641

(28)

Chapter Twenty-Nine Manufacturing, Marketing, and Industrial Productivity

669

(28)

Chapter Thirty Labor's Progress Since World War II

697

(20)

Chapter Thirty-One The Next Century in the Light of the Past

717

(22)

Subject Index

739

(17)

Name Index

756

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