The market revolution in America : liberty, ambition, and the eclipse of the common good /

The mass industrial democracy that is the modern United States bears little resemblance to the simple agrarian republic that gave it birth. The market revolution is the reason for this dramatic - and ironic - metamorphosis. The resulting tangled frameworks of democracy and capitalism still dominate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Larson, John Lauritz, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Colección:Cambridge essential histories.
Temas:
Capitalism > Social aspects > United States > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Capitalism > Social aspects
Economic history
Industrialisierung
Kapitalismus
Lebensbedingungen
Wirtschaftliche Lage
United States > Economic conditions.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : what do we mean by a market revolution in America?
  • 1. First fruits of independence
  • Interlude : panic! 1819
  • 2. Marvelous improvements everywhere
  • Interlude : panic! 1837
  • 3. Heartless markets, heartless men
  • 4. How can we explain it?
  • epilogue : panic! 2008, déjà vu all over again.

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