U.S. Economic History Since 1945

Michael French (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

1997
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7190-4951-4 (ISBN)

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Examines the principal economic developments and social changes in the United States since 1934, including business, regional change and urbanization. The text discusses the elements of continuity to pre-1945 trends and the points of departure, notably in the 1970s, are considered.

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. -- .

Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow -- .

American population since 1945; government since 1945; government and management of the economy; regional economic change since 1945; work in America since 1945; agriculture and rural America; mastery to uncertainty - corporate America, 1945-90; African-Americans and the Civil Rights Movement; incomes and consumption since 1945; US in the world economy; American productivity growth since 1945.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.6.1997
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7190-4951-2 / 0719049512
ISBN-13	978-0-7190-4951-4 / 9780719049514
Zustand	Neuware