The emergence of industrial America : strategic factors in American economic growth since 1870

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The emergence of industrial America : strategic factors in American economic growth since 1870

Peter George

State University of New York Press, c1982

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  • : pbk

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Based on a series of lectures delivered at the University of Cambridge, England, during the Lent Term 1974

Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book contains a series of interpretive essays on the most dramatic aspects of American economic growth during the last century—the sweeping technological and organizational changes in manufacturing and agriculture and their profound economic and social consequences. The overall focus is the maturing of the American economy from a classic market economy, based primarily on small units of production and private enterprise, through the growth of industrialism and the structural transformation of the economy, to the modern mixed economy with its complex array of giant corporations and labor unions and greatly expanded government sector. The chapters are organized thematically. A distinctive feature of the book is the use of illustrative case studies in each chapter.

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Preface 1. An Overview of American Growth, 1840 Introduction The Dimensions of Growth: Some Economic Aggregates A Preview 2. The Sources of Growth Introduction Factors on the Supply Side Factors on the Demand Side Measuring the Relative Importance of Demand and Supply Factors: Case Studies The growth of the petroleum industry, 1860-1914 The growth of iron and steel output, 1842-1858 Conclusion 3. Technological Change in Manufacturing Introduction Components of Technological Change Invention Innovation Diffusion Factors Influencing Technological Change Economic factors Factor endowment Changing profit expectations Population size and distribution Noneconomic factors Diffusion of Technological Change Factors influencing diffusion Case studies in diffusion Machine tools industries Draper loom in cotton textiles Conclusion 4. The American Industrial Entrepreneur Introduction The Entrepreneurial Function and Its Determinants The Industrial Entrepreneur: A Closer Look Characteristics of the business elite Four case studies Edison Carnegie Ford Morgan The four: a summing up Conclusion 5. Organizational Change in Manufacturing Introduction Changes in the Concept of the Firm The corporation and its growth The emergence of noncompetitive elements Mergers and consolidations Changes in the Administration of the Firm A Case Study: DuPont An Aside: The "New Imperialism" of the Multinational Corporation Conclusion 6. Technological and Organizational Change in Agriculture Introduction Sources of Output Growth Westward expansion and regional specialization Mechanization Agricultural organization and practices Agricultural research Case Studies of Productivity Growth and Diffusion Grain farming, 1840-1910 Dairy farming, 1850-1910 Hybrid corn, 1930s and 1940s An Aside: Agriculture in the Postbellum South Conclusion 7. Industrialism, Unrest, and Reform: The Coming of Government Regulation Introduction Reactions to Industrialism Agrarian unrest Industrial unrest Government Intervention and Legislative Remedies: A Case Study of Railroad Regulation The development of railroad regulation The demand for railroad regulation: an interpretation The burden of railroad regulation: an estimate Conclusion 8. The Market Economy: Prosperity and Prostration Introduction A Brief Overview The 1920s Portents of doom Changes in income distribution Automobiles, housing, and market saturation The 1930s: The Crash and Its Aftermath Consumption and the Depression Government economic policy: effective or inconsequential? Brown's appraisal of fiscal policy Kirkwood's policy simulations: an appraisal Conclusion 9. World War Two and Its Aftermath: The Ascendancy of the Mixed Economy Introduction The Changing Government Sector The Private Sector and Government: Uneasy Truce? Epilogue: Prospect and Retrospect Bibliographic Note Notes Index

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