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Examines the principal economic developments and social changes in the United States since 1934, including business, regional change and urbanization. The text discusses the elements of continuity to pre-1945 trends and the points of departure, notably in the 1970s, are considered.

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American population since 1945; government since 1945; government and management of the economy; regional economic change since 1945; work in America since 1945; agriculture and rural America; mastery to uncertainty - corporate America, 1945-90; African-Americans and the Civil Rights Movement; incomes and consumption since 1945; US in the world economy; American productivity growth since 1945.

Economic and Social History of the US Since 1945

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 6/19/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719049514, 978-0719049514
      ISBN10: 0719049512

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the principal economic developments and social changes in the United States since 1934, including business, regional change and urbanization. The text discusses the elements of continuity to pre-1945 trends and the points of departure, notably in the 1970s, are considered.

      Table of Contents
      American population since 1945; government since 1945; government and management of the economy; regional economic change since 1945; work in America since 1945; agriculture and rural America; mastery to uncertainty - corporate America, 1945-90; African-Americans and the Civil Rights Movement; incomes and consumption since 1945; US in the world economy; American productivity growth since 1945.

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