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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... continued use of force. At the other extreme, a few states developed institutions that limited governmental power by means of a set of internal checks and enabled the govern- ment to write and enforce a set of rules (including rules ...
... continued to expand as the economy became more fully integrated. The courts have continued to play an important role in these areas, serving as arbiters when regulations are violated. Court decisions made since World War II ...
... continued at high levels to help pay down the wartime debt. Dramatic shifts in activity between the different levels of govern- ment occur in peacetime as well. From the adoption of the Constitution through the Civil War there was ...
... continued to have large Indian populations and still do today. In mainland North America the Native Americans were many fewer, and they lived in much smaller political units than did those in Latin America. The pattern of Indian ...
... continued need to import large numbers of slaves from Af- rica. Sugar was grown on large plantations, and most of it was exported. First it went to Britain, and then some was reexported to other parts of Europe. The total of nonhuman ...
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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 |