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American Capitalism, 1945-2000: Continuity and Change from Mass Production to the Information Society (American Ways Series)
Wyatt Wells
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Description for American Capitalism, 1945-2000: Continuity and Change from Mass Production to the Information Society (American Ways Series)
Paperback. A compact and incisive history of the American economy since 1945, concentrating on the development of economic policy, economic structure, and ideas about both, and explaining the complex interaction of these factors over the past half-century. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
The record of the American economy since 1945 offers an embarrassment of riches for the historian, and Wyatt Wells has brought them together in a compact and incisive history. His theme is how greatly many economic circumstances changed—and how many other features remained essentially the same. He shows how throughout the period the United States enjoyed not only the world's largest economy but by most measures its most diverse and sophisticated. The second half of the twentieth century witnessed extraordinary change: the development of entirely new industries, such as television and computers; the decline of established industries, such as steel ... Read more
The record of the American economy since 1945 offers an embarrassment of riches for the historian, and Wyatt Wells has brought them together in a compact and incisive history. His theme is how greatly many economic circumstances changed—and how many other features remained essentially the same. He shows how throughout the period the United States enjoyed not only the world's largest economy but by most measures its most diverse and sophisticated. The second half of the twentieth century witnessed extraordinary change: the development of entirely new industries, such as television and computers; the decline of established industries, such as steel ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Condition
New
Series
American Ways Series
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566635387
SKU
V9781566635387
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99-15
About Wyatt Wells
Wyatt Wells is distinguished research associate professor of history at Auburn University, Montgomery. His other books include Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World and Economist in an Uncertain World. He lives in Montgomery, Alabama.
Reviews for American Capitalism, 1945-2000: Continuity and Change from Mass Production to the Information Society (American Ways Series)
A lucid, highly informative, and wide-ranging analysis . . . valuable . . . balanced.
Iwan Morgan A concise presentation . . . should become a standard.
Gene Smiley Concise, swiftly paced . . . stimulating and enlightening, but also reassuring.
William E. Leuchtenburg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author of The Supreme Court Reborn ... Read more
Iwan Morgan A concise presentation . . . should become a standard.
Gene Smiley Concise, swiftly paced . . . stimulating and enlightening, but also reassuring.
William E. Leuchtenburg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author of The Supreme Court Reborn ... Read more