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Land of promise : an economic history of the United States / Michael Lind.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061834806 (hardback)
- ISBN: 0061834807 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: vi, 586 p. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Harper, 2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-552) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | United States > Economic conditions. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Orford Social Library | 330.973 | 34190000100270 | Adult nonfiction - Front room | Available | - |
