Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 2008年9月15日 - 560 頁 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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... slavery, the unequal status of women, and the disadvantaged status of various groups at times, it is still an un- equaled success story. The persistence of this open-access society in the course of a development that has featured an ...
... slavery early in their history, although slav- ery's ultimate demise across the country required a terrible civil war. Given the worldwide shift away from slavery, U.S. governments were ffexible enough to have brokered a peaceful ...
... slaves. Governments have retained the right to use their po- lice powers to establish regulations in “the public interest” that impose limits on behavior and contracts. The Supreme Court affirmed this right to regulate in Munn v ...
... slaves were freed, women obtained the right to vote, the voting age was lowered to eighteen, and large num- bers of foreign immigrants and their children were assimilated as citi- zens. Progress has moved in fits and starts with several ...
... slavery, the tariff, the Bank of the United States, and a variety of economic issues centered on the limitations of the national government's authority. Most authority over economic activity, however, was still centered in the states ...
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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 |