{"product_id":"europe-america-and-the-wider-world-volume-2-america-and-the-wider-world-essays-on-the-economic-history-of-western-capitalism-paperback-9780521274791","title":"Europe, America, and the Wider World: Volume 2, America and the Wider World; Essays on the Economic History of Western Capitalism (Paperback) 9780521274791","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEurope, America, and the Wider World: Volume 2, America and the Wider World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays on the Economic History of Western Capitalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese essays give an account of why and how the United States grew rich in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam N. Parker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521274791, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 April 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages, 7 b\/w illus.  19 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 2.2 x 15.2 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The fascinating second volume of Europe, America, and the Wider World brings together several (published and unpublished) works of the quality that have made the author an eminent economic historian....a contribution not only to the study of American economic history, but also to the use of socioeconomics in historical analysis.\"   Avner Greif, Journal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume collects Professor Parker's major writings on American agricultural and industrial history, including some previously unpublished essays. Taken as a whole, these essays give an account of why and how the United States grew rich in the nineteenth century, as well as a background against which to judge the present position of the economy and its international position. Professor Parker focuses on the nineteenth-century experience of the three regions of the United States - northeast, south and midwest, and shows wherein lay the sources of their wealth and growth into a flourishing nation. A final chapter, looking at European development from an American perspective, is especially timely in view of the recent movements toward integration and democratisation in the 'mother continent'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Dedication\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e A note on notes\u003cbr\u003e Part I. America And Europe: A History: 1. American civilisation: the impulse from Europe\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The South In Slavery And In Freedom: 2. The slave plantation in American agriculture\u003cbr\u003e 3. Slavery and southern economic development: an hypothesis and some evidence\u003cbr\u003e 4. Labour productivity in cotton farming: a problem of research\u003cbr\u003e 5. The south in the national economy, 1865–1970\u003cbr\u003e 6. Capitalism: southern style\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Capitalist Dynamics Of The Rural North: 7. Breakthrough to the midwest\u003cbr\u003e 8. Migration and a political culture\u003cbr\u003e 9. The technological bases of a productive agriculture\u003cbr\u003e 10. The true history of the northern farmer\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The North: Dynamics Of An Industrial Culture: 11. New England: the Puritan progenitor\u003cbr\u003e 12. The industrial civilisation of the midwest Epilogue: Denouement and decline\u003cbr\u003e Part V. American Values In A Capitalist World: 13. Political controls on a national economy\u003cbr\u003e 14. Nationhood in a Common Market\u003cbr\u003e 15. European industrialisation in an American mirror.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006968713496,"sku":"9780521274791","price":31.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521274791i_9cd86bd0-85c8-4dbd-aa99-180a65ec6b02.jpg?v=1691374350","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/europe-america-and-the-wider-world-volume-2-america-and-the-wider-world-essays-on-the-economic-history-of-western-capitalism-paperback-9780521274791","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}