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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/209513 Title: The transformation of the American economy, 1865-1914; an essay in interpretation. Author: Robert Higgs Publisher: New York, Wiley [1971] ISBN/ISSN: 0471390038 9780471390039 OCLC:209513

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The transformation of the American economy, 1865-1914; an essay in interpretation.

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The transformation of the American economy, 1865-1914; an essay in interpretation.

Author:	Robert Higgs
Publisher:	New York, Wiley [1971]
Series:	Wiley series in American economic history.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Subjects	United States -- Economic conditions -- 1865-1918. Economische situatie. Economic history. View all subjects
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Robert Higgs Find more information about:
ISBN:	0471390038 9780471390039
OCLC Number:	209513
Description:	xv, 143 pages illustrations 24 cm.
Contents:	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.
Series Title:	Wiley series in American economic history.

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