Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 2008 M09 15 - 560 páginas The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this success has been widespread participation in political and economic processes. In The Government and the American Economy, leading economic historians chronicle the significance of America’s open-access society and the roles played by government in its unrivaled success story. |
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... vote- counting rules used in Florida was ultimately settled by a Supreme Court decision that ended the recounts and installed George W. Bush as presi- dent. Although many Democrats still questioned the final vote tallies, Al Gore's ...
... vote has been extended over time. Explicit segregation of government-run schools by race has been abandoned. Federal price controls and regulation of the number of firms have been tried and then abandoned. Many northern state gov ...
... vote, the voting age was lowered to eighteen, and large num- bers of foreign immigrants and their children were assimilated as citi- zens. Progress has moved in fits and starts with several reversals. The civil rights granted to freed ...
... vote . Voting gives each citizen some say in the political process , yet many do not exercise this right to its full- est extent . Each person represents such a small share of the electorate that it is extraordinarily unlikely that his ...
... vote trading by legislators . When the infamous Smoot - Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 was passed , for example , groups of senators repre- senting sugar - producing states traded votes with senators from glass- producing states to raise ...
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2 Government in Colonial America | 37 |
3 The Founding Era 1774 1791 | 56 |
4 Property Rights and Federal Land Policy | 89 |
Government and the Financial System since 1789 | 115 |
6 The National Era | 148 |
7 The Civil War and Reconstruction | 188 |
8 Government and the American Dilemma | 232 |
13 The New Deal | 384 |
14 The World Wars | 431 |
15 The Growth of US Farm Programs | 456 |
The Role of the South | 490 |
17 Seeking Security in the Postwar Era | 507 |
APPENDIX A Key Indicators of Economic and Government Activity | 557 |
APPENDIX B The Articles of Confederation | 571 |
APPENDIX C The Constitution of the United States | 581 |
9 The Gilded Age | 255 |
10 The Progressive Era | 288 |
Labor Education and Health | 323 |
From Patronage to Civil Service | 364 |
APPENDIX D The Bill of Rights | 593 |
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Government and the American Economy: A New History Price V. Fishback Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |