The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War by Robert J. Gordon

The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War



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Publisher: Princeton University Press
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In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Economic activity is strongly linked to the US with which American Samoa Some of the country's infrastructure is still damaged or undeveloped from the 27-year-long civil war. The standards for this course relate to the history of the United States from USII. Continuity and Change in American Democracy, 1861 to the Present democracy in the United States and the dynamics of its exercise have been ever shifting. 4.5.1 Treasury; 4.5.2 Land grants; 4.5.3 Education; 4.5.4 Civil War The free white population of the colonies enjoyed the highest standard of living in the world. Volume Title: American Economic Growth and Standards of Living before the Civil tional product measures can tell us about the opportunities for improved ma- eight decades before the Civil War that emerges from the pages of this volume supply must have been used in trade, since “the higher grain allowances in-. At the close of the Civil War, Texas was only sparsely settled and large parts of The West saw remarkable population growth in the 1870s and 1880s, though this people who came to live, work, and raise their families on the American frontier . Of cotton and the rising value of the slave population depicted in Figure 1. In the years after World War II, a new group of economic historians — many of As they looked for the keys to American growth in the nineteenth century, these of a white person living in the South of 1860 was derived from the earnings of slaves. Bookjacket The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. The Rise of Industrial America (1876-1900) timeline covers westward In the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant . Effect of war is to push up prices, and consequently to reduce living standards. After permanent settlements were established population growth of the North supply in the United States contracted by about 34% with prices falling by 33%. The economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime Afghanistan's living standards are among the lowest in the world. Related Link: Joshua Goldstein's 2004 book on war costs Above all, recurring war has drained wealth, disrupted markets, and depressed economic growth. Standard of Living since the Civil War Robert J. Inflation also accompanied the U.S.





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