The Emergence of Capitalism in Early America /

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"Contesting the assumption that early American economists were committed to Adam Smith's ideas of free trade and small government, this book provides a comprehensive history of the nation's economic thought from 1790 to 1860, tracing the development of a uniquely American understandin...

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Main Author: Calvo, Christopher W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Economic history.
Capitalism.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Capitalism > United States > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Histoire.
États-Unis > Conditions economiques > Histoire.
United States > Social conditions > History.
United States > Economic conditions > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Capitalism and Antebellum Economic Thought
  • Laissez-faire in the American Tradition
  • Progress and Poverty: Malthus and Ricardo in America
  • The Crisis of Free Society: The Southern and Northern Reactionaries
  • An American Political Economy
  • Henry Carey, Nature, and the Destiny of Man
  • Liberalism, Republicanism, and Finance
  • Conclusion: The Old and the New in American Economics

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