The Cambridge Economic History of the United States

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-521-55307-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 1008 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1615 g

Reihe: Cambridge Economic History of the United States

Volume II surveys the economic history of the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean during the nineteenth century, a period of massive international and intercontinental movements of labor, capital, and commodities. The United States and Canada began the period as small but vigorous societies; the United States ended the period as the world's premier economic power. Five main themes frame the economic changes described in the volume: the migration of labor and capital from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas; westward expansion; slavery and its aftermath; the process of industrialization; and the social consequences of economic growth that led to fundamental changes in the role of government. Other topics include: inequality, population, labor, agriculture, entrepreneurship, transportation, banking and finance, business law, and international trade.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Engerman, Stanley L.

Gallman, Robert E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Economic growth and structural change in the long nineteenth century Robert E. Gallman; 2. The economy of Canada in the nineteenth century Marvin McInnis; 3. Inequality in the nineteenth century Clayne Pope; 4. The population of the United States, 1790–1920 Michael R. Haines; 5. The labor force in the nineteenth century Robert A. Margo; 6. The farm, the farmer, and the market Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman and William N. Parker; 7. Northern agriculture and the westward movement Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman and William N. Parker; 8. Slavery and its consequences for the South in the nineteenth century Stanley L. Engerman; 9. Technology and industrialization, 1790–1914 Kenneth L. Sokoloff and Stanley L. Engerman; 10. Entrepreneurship, business organization, and economic concentration Naomi R. Lamoreaux; 11. Business law and American economic history Tony Freyer; 12. Experimental federalism: the economics of American government 1789–1914 Richard Sylla; 13. Internal transportation in the nineteenth century Albert Fishlow; 14. Banking and finance, 1789–1914 Hugh Rockoff; 15. US foreign trade and the balance of payments, 1800–1913 Robert E. Lipsey; 16. International capital movements, domestic capital markets, and American economic growth, 1820–1914 Lance E. Davis and Robert J. Cull; 17. The social implications of American economic development Stuart Blumin.