The transformation of the American economy, 1865-1914; an essay in interpretation
xv, 143 pages illustrations 24 cm.
9780471390039, 0471390038
209513
Progress and poverty
I. Making sense of the facts
History and theory
Market organization
The economics of information
Investment and economic growth
Transformation
II. Economic growth and transformation
Output and price trends
Population growth
The sources of greater productivity
A digression: how growth began
III. The rise of cities
The urban transformation
The economics of improving urban health
Urbanization and invention
City versus country: the nature of the choice
IV. The ups and downs of the farmer
Agricultural [sic] development
The farmer's complaints
The learning process in argiculture [sic]
V. Growth and inequality
Regional disparities in development
Immigrants and "exploitation"
Inequalities between whites and blacks
Was progress worth its price?
The sources of economic growth