Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 15. 9. 2008. - 560 страница 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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... colonies from the beginning of settlement created an open-access process. How did it happen? And more important, why has it been perpetuated in the suc- ceeding centuries? Despite all the problems along the way, including the treatment ...
... colonies: defense and protection, including the raising of militias when needed, laws in regard to property rights for individuals, and cer- tain public goods such as poor relief, the establishment of religions, and the regulation of ...
... colonies, were also able to establish trade with the Indians. Furs were traded for foodstuffs, alcohol, tobacco, and other goods. Whether trade was peaceful or antagonistic, Europeans generally pushed inland, with the Indians often ...
... colonies were established for particular religious or philanthropic purposes. The second was the use of a joint stock company to finance settlement and to establish the group controlling the political life of the colony. The earliest ...
... colonies in the Caribbean, Jamaica, was settled after being taken from Spain in 1655. As such, it was initially ... colonies in 1729. The other two colonies were a colony in- cluding numerous Quakers with the name Pennsylvania and ...
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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 |