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| Introduction: The Study of Economic Growth, Welfare, and Decision Making | 1 | |
| Pt. I | From Colonialism to National Independence 1492-1790 | 7 |
| Ch. 1 | America and the Developing World Economy | 11 |
| Ch. 2 | Regional Patterns of Colonial Development | 32 |
| Ch. 3 | Growth and Welfare in the Colonies | 58 |
| Ch. 4 | Foundations of Economic Independence | 85 |
| Pt. II | The Agricultural Era and Emerging Industrialism 1790-1860 | 107 |
| Ch. 5 | Revolutions in Transportation and Communications | 109 |
| Ch. 6 | Land Policy, Agricultural Expansion, and the Political Economy of Slavery | 133 |
| Ch. 7 | Critical Changes in the Financial System | 158 |
| Ch. 8 | Beginnings of the Industrial Revolution in America | 182 |
| Ch. 9 | Growth and Change in Domestic and Foreign Markets | 206 |
| Ch. 10 | Economic Growth and Social Welfare | 230 |
| Pt. III | The Transformation of the American Economy 1860-1914 | 249 |
| Ch. 11 | Continental Expansion, Agricultural Modernization, and Southern Backwardness | 253 |
| Ch. 12 | Mass Production and the Advent of Big Business | 275 |
| Ch. 13 | Labor in the Industrializing Society | 302 |
| Ch. 14 | Building Nationwide Railroad and Communication Networks | 329 |
| Ch. 15 | The Financial System Under Stress | 352 |
| Ch. 16 | National and World Markets for Mass Production | 376 |
| Pt. IV | Prosperity, Depression, and World Wars 1914-1945 | 403 |
| Ch. 17 | The Economic Impact of World War I | 407 |
| Ch. 18 | The 1920s: A Taste of Affluence | 428 |
| Ch. 19 | The Great Depression and the Expanding Role of Government | 457 |
| Ch. 20 | The Planned Economy of World War II | 492 |
| Pt. V | The Postindustrial Economy and the New World Order 1945-1990s | 513 |
| Ch. 21 | The Good Years, 1945-1965 | 517 |
| Ch. 22 | The Great Inflation, 1965-1982 | 537 |
| Ch. 23 | Deficits, Debts, and Defaults, 1980-1992 | 560 |
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Chad Brinster
reviewed The evolution of the American economy on October 18, 2012
The evolution of the American economy
There are no Sacred Cows for Sagoff. He brings all the skepticism of a philosopher to bear on the environmental movement. The result is a dismantling of many of its long-held truths, a deep investigation into the relationship between man and nature, and a defense of nature's aesthetic relation to man as its primary value-- one which cannot be translated into dollars (or Willingness To Pay).
Since this book reversed many of my views on the subject and gave me plenty of food for thought, I have to recommend it to everyone, particularly environmentalists, conservationists and leftists. All such folks (particularly the latter) are likely to greet a text like this with suspicion. Be as suspicious as you like: you'll find nothing but good reasoning and wide reading in Sagoff's writing. If some of what we hold to be true on the topic is not, then it's time to modify our position to be as effective as possible.
Most of all, I recommend this text to anyone who languishes in misery at a future of impending ecological collapse, overpopulation or resource exhaustion. There is none of that stupid ad hoc optimism we so often see justifying the status quo in this book. There is rather a healthy, honest introspection on what's really going on. All the better if you should feel a little less miserable upon figuring that out.
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