Lind, Michael, 1962-

Land of promise : an economic history of the United States / by Michael Lind. - New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2012. - vi, 586 pages ; 24 cm.

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

9780061834806 (hardback) 0061834807 (hardcover)


Historia económica--Estados Unidos


United States--Economic conditions.
Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas

HC 103 / L742l 2012

330.973