U.S. Economic History Since 1945
by French, MikeFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-06-19
Publisher(s): MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Summary
A concise, accessible review of the principal economic developments and social changes in the US between 1945 and the present day.. Covers an era of US economic dominance and the challenge from overseas.. Links more 'historical' post-war developments to the rapid 'contemporary' changes of the 1970s-1990s.. No direct competitor known to the author.
Table of Contents
| List of tables | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The US population since 1945 | p. 3 |
| US government since 1945 | p. 21 |
| US government and management of the economy | p. 39 |
| US regional economic change since 1945 | p. 54 |
| Work in the United States since 1945 | p. 81 |
| Agriculture and the rural United States | p. 109 |
| Mastery to uncertainty: corporate America, 1945-90 | p. 130 |
| African-Americans and the civil rights movement | p. 153 |
| US incomes and consumption since 1945 | p. 182 |
| The United States in the world economy | p. 196 |
| US productivity growth since 1945 | p. 208 |
| Bibliography | p. 219 |
| Index | p. 235 |
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