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. |
搜尋書籍內容
第 6 到 10 筆結果,共 73 筆
... slavery, the development of Jim Crow laws and seg- regated schools in the southern states, and the modern era, when gov- ernment policies have been more favorable in protecting blacks' rights. Three aspect of government in the twentieth ...
... slaves at 1860 prices and each of the slaves would have received a significant grant of land and tools and a significant amount of back wages (Goldin and Lewis 1975). 6. For discussions of the economic role of government, see North 1981 ...
... slaves from Africa, as well as the need to control those already there, or, at least, to work out mutually satisfactory arrangements for coexistence. For free immigrants it meant a relocation into an area quite different from that which ...
... slavery and imperialism. Even with the exceptional mortality that took place after contact with the Spanish, primarily due to diseases, these areas continued to have large Indian populations and still do today. In mainland North America ...
... slaves. The rivalry between the British and the Dutch, in Eu- rope and in the New World, led the British to introduce the Naviga- tion Acts after 1651 to control export and import markets and shipping patterns. The acts regulated the ...
內容
1 | |
37 | |
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 |