Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 15. sep. 2008 - 560 sider 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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... land for " thirds and fourths " and lived in a shack with no electricity in the 1930s . After moving to California in 1951 , his family lived in a labor camp for a while - outdoor toilets in- cluded at no extra charge , inasmuch as ...
... Land Policy 89 GARY D. LIBECAP 5. Reversing Financial Reversals : Government and the Financial System since 1789 115 RICHARD SYLLA 6. The National Era 148 JOHN JOSEPH WALLIS 7. The Civil War and Reconstruction 188 JEFFREY ROGERS HUMMEL ...
... land distribution under various land laws 100 4.2 The Great Plains 104 6.1 Federal expenditures per capita 150 6.2 Federal revenues per capita 151 6.3 Federal debts and deficits 151 6.4 Custom , land , and internal revenues 152 6.5 ...
... land use by means of local zoning laws and state and federal regulations. Recent examples include the limits on development of property imposed by the laws pro- tecting endangered species. Third, the Constitution gave American ...
... lands and the lands of allies have risen. This expansion in activity has caused peacetime national defense expenditures ... Land and opportunity were so abundant that people found it easy to blame the recipients of poor relief for their ...
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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 |
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