Economic History
The economic history of the United States includes general living conditions, labor and business history, and the history of invention and innovation that has marked the United States as an economic leader in the world.
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Recommended Reading
- Alexander Hamilton - Ron Chernow
- History of the Labor Movement in the United States, Vol. 1: From Colonial Times to the Founding of the American... - Philip S. Foner
- Law and Economic Policy in America: The Evolution of the Sherman Antitrust Act - William Letwin
- The Great Depression - John A. Garraty
- The History of the Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version - Ida M. Tarbell
- Pure and Simple Politics: The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881-1917 - Julie Greene
- From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932: The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United... - David Hounshell
Why Was the Jamestown Colony Such a Mess?
While it lives on in American history and folklore, the actual operation of the colony was a fiasco. Were the colonists merely incompetent, or is there more to the story?
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Pre-Contact - Colonial - Revolutionary - Antebellum - Civil War - Gilded Age - Depression/World War II - Modern
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