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Growth and welfare in the American past : a new economic history / Douglass C. North, Terry L. Anderson And Peter J. Hill.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1983.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xii, 191 p. ; ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 013366161x (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.973 NOR
Contents:
Contents Preface Abbreviations Used in Citations of Published Works List of Figures List of Tables Theory, Statistics, and History Institutions, Property Rights, and Economic Efficiency A Lesson from History. Do the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer? 22 Donated The Development of the U.S. Economy: An Overview vii ix X xii 1 12 23 iii IV European Expansion and Colonial Development A Lesson from History Did Indentured Servitude Improve Human Capital Markets? 54 V Years of Decision, 1783-93 A Lesson from History Is the Majority Always Right? 63 VI American Expansion, 1790-1860 41 56 65 VII The Economy of the South, 1800-1914 80 A Lesson from History Did Early American Farmers Waste Our Land? 90 Government and the Growth of the Economy 92 IX Ships, Railroads, and Economic Growth 101 X Land Policy and the Westward Movement A Lesson from History Should We Sell Our Land to Foreigners? 121 XI Economic Growth and Agrarian Discontent, 1865-1914 123 134 XII Creation of an Industrial Giant and Problems of Monopoly, 1860-1914 A Lesson from History Is Inflation Necessary for Growth? 141 The Destabilizing Nature of Growth 143 XIV War, Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1914-1945 149 A Lesson from History How Did We Solve the Nineteenth-Century Wood Crisis? 163 XV The Modern Dilemma: Government and the Economy 164 Selected Bibliography 174 183 Index
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Contents

Preface

Abbreviations Used in Citations of

Published Works

List of Figures

List of Tables

Theory, Statistics, and History

Institutions, Property Rights, and Economic Efficiency

A Lesson from History. Do the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer? 22 Donated

The Development of the U.S. Economy:

An Overview

vii

ix

X

xii

1

12

23

iii
IV

European Expansion and Colonial Development

A Lesson from History Did Indentured Servitude Improve Human Capital Markets? 54

V

Years of Decision, 1783-93

A Lesson from History Is the Majority Always Right? 63

VI

American Expansion, 1790-1860

41

56

65

VII

The Economy of the South, 1800-1914

80

A Lesson from History Did Early American Farmers Waste Our Land? 90

Government and the Growth of the Economy

92

IX

Ships, Railroads, and Economic Growth

101

X

Land Policy and the Westward Movement

A Lesson from History Should We Sell Our Land to Foreigners? 121
XI

Economic Growth and Agrarian Discontent, 1865-1914

123

134

XII

Creation of an Industrial Giant and Problems of Monopoly, 1860-1914

A Lesson from History Is Inflation Necessary for Growth? 141

The Destabilizing Nature of Growth

143

XIV

War, Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1914-1945

149

A Lesson from History How Did We Solve the Nineteenth-Century Wood Crisis? 163

XV

The Modern Dilemma:

Government and the Economy

164

Selected Bibliography

174

183

Index