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

By:

Lind, Michael, 1962-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2012.Description: vi, 586 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780061834806 (hardback)
0061834807 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330.973

LOC classification:

HC 103 L742l 2012

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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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HC 103 L742l 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000164971

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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