The growth of the American Economy: An introduction to the economic history of the United States
- 1a ed.
- New York: Prentice Hall, 1946
- 804 p.: il.; 23 cm.
Nature of economic history. The early settlements. The organization of production during the colonial period. Colonial commerce and commercial regulation. Westward expansion before the homestead act. Agricultural technology to 1880. Agricultural organization. Foreing trade in the era of wooden ships. American transportation before the war between the states. The processing of agricultural products in the pre-railway age. Heavy industries before 1860. Light manufactures and the beginnings of precision manufacture before 1861. money and commercial banking. The capital markets. Business organization and the development of an industrial discipline. The performance of the american economy before 1960. Westward expansion since the homestead act. The emergence of agricultural regionalism. The great plains. The processing of agricultural products after 1860. The heavy industries since 1860. Mass production since the war between the states. Development of anational system of transportation. Foreign trade and commercial policy since 1860. The location of economic activity. The changing status of labor. Money and banking since 1860. The investment market after the war between the states. American public finance. Industrial concentration and government antitrust policy. Business organization and management. The performance of the american economy since 1860.