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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... period of time, and in some cases the people put in place were uninterested, in- experienced, or inept.27 The reforms proposed and adopted by the “Goo-Goos,” the good government proponents of the late nineteenth and early twentieth cen ...
... period for which they could do so. The de- gree to which people rely on families and friends for aid has declined. It is clear that there has been a sea change in attitudes toward social insurance and public assistance and that these ...
... period it had some federal features because the Crown to whose authority it was subject was a long distance away. Under the Continental Congress dur- ing the Revolution and the Articles of Confederation afterward, the na- tional ...
... periods, and the case stud- ies highlight important features of the government's role in more depth and allow for greater appreciation of the ways it has changed over time. Many features ... period. John Joseph Wallis docu- 28 PRICE FISHBACK.
A New History Price V. Fishback. was established during the federal period. John Joseph Wallis docu- ments in chapter 6 the ways in which the national and state governments interacted in the new federal system and illuminates the ...
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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 |