The Cambridge Economic History of the United States

by Stanley L. Engerman (Editor), Robert E. Gallman (Editor)

Overview

Volume 3 surveys the economic history of the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean during the twentieth century. Its chapters trace the century's major events, notably the Great Depression and the two world wars, as well as its long-term trends, such as changing technology, the rise of the corporate economy, and the development of labor law. The book also discusses agriculture, population, labor markets, and urban and regional structural changes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521553070
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/28/2000
Series:	Cambridge Economic History of the United States
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	1008
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 2.30(d)

Table of Contents

1. American macroeconomic growth in the era of knowledge-based progress: the long-run perspective Moses Abramovitz and Paul A. David; 2. Structural changes: regional and urban Carol E. Heim; 3. Twentieth-century Canadian economic history Alan G. Green; 4. The twentieth-century record of inequality and poverty in the United States Robert D. Plotnick, Eugene Smolensky, Eirik Evenhouse and Siobhan Reilly; 5. The Great Depression Peter Temin; 6. War and the American economy in the twentieth century Michael Edelstein; 7. US foreign trade and trade policy in the twentieth century Peter H. Lindert; 8. United States foreign financial relations in the twentieth century Barry Eichengreen; 9. Twentieth-century American population growth Richard A. Easterlin; 10. Labor markets in the twentieth century Claudia Goldin; 11. Labor law Christopher L. Tomlins; 12. The transformation of Northern Agriculture from 1910–1990 Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode; 13. Banking and finance in the twentieth century Eugene N. White; 14. Twentieth-century technological change David Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg; 15. The US corporate economy in the twentieth century Louis Galambos; 16. Government regulation of business Richard H. K. Vietor; 17. The public sector W. Elliot Brownlee.

Editorial Reviews

"Undergraduate and graduate students can find in them precise analyses and welcome syntheses." The Journal of American History Dec 2001

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