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Land of promise : an economic history of the United States / Michael Lind.

By: Lind, Michael, 1962-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Harper, 2012Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-552) and index.Description: vi, 586 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780061834806 (hardback); 0061834807 (hardcover).Subject(s): United States -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 330.973 Other classification: HIS000000
Contents:
A land of promise -- The preindustrial economy -- Nation building -- The first American economy -- The age of steam -- "There is nothing that cannot be produced by machinery": the first industrial revolution -- American systems -- Plain mechanic power: The Civil War and the second republic -- The iron horse and the lightning -- The motor age -- Franklin's baby: electricity, automobiles, and the second Industrial Revolution -- The day of combination -- The new era -- A new deal for America -- Arsenal of democracy -- The glorious thirty years -- The great dismantling -- The information age -- As we may think: the third Industrial Revolution -- The bubble economy -- The next American economy.
Summary: Presents a historical perspective on the relationship between economic, technological, and political change by analyzing the economic growth of the United States over the course of two centuries.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-552) and index.

A land of promise -- The preindustrial economy -- Nation building -- The first American economy -- The age of steam -- "There is nothing that cannot be produced by machinery": the first industrial revolution -- American systems -- Plain mechanic power: The Civil War and the second republic -- The iron horse and the lightning -- The motor age -- Franklin's baby: electricity, automobiles, and the second Industrial Revolution -- The day of combination -- The new era -- A new deal for America -- Arsenal of democracy -- The glorious thirty years -- The great dismantling -- The information age -- As we may think: the third Industrial Revolution -- The bubble economy -- The next American economy.

Presents a historical perspective on the relationship between economic, technological, and political change by analyzing the economic growth of the United States over the course of two centuries.

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