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Provides a comprehensive history of the US’s economic thought from 1790 to 1860, tracing the development of a uniquely American understanding of capitalism. The book shows how American economists challenged, adjusted, and adopted the ideas of European thinkers such as Adam Smith and Thomas Malthus to suit their interests.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Capitalism and Antebellum Thought
  • Laissez-Faire in the American Tradition
  • Progress and Poverty: Malthus and Ricardo in America
  • The Crisis of Free Society: The Southernand Northern Reactionaries
  • An American Political Economy
  • Henry Carey, Nature, and the Destiny of Man
  • Liberalism, Republicanism, and Finance
  • Conclusion: The Old and the New in American Economics
  • Index

    The Emergence of Capitalism in Early America

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        Publisher: University Press of Florida
        Publication Date: 10/10/2023
        ISBN13: 9780813080369, 978-0813080369
        ISBN10: 0813080363
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Provides a comprehensive history of the US’s economic thought from 1790 to 1860, tracing the development of a uniquely American understanding of capitalism. The book shows how American economists challenged, adjusted, and adopted the ideas of European thinkers such as Adam Smith and Thomas Malthus to suit their interests.

        Table of Contents
        • Acknowledgments
        • Introduction: Capitalism and Antebellum Thought
        • Laissez-Faire in the American Tradition
        • Progress and Poverty: Malthus and Ricardo in America
        • The Crisis of Free Society: The Southernand Northern Reactionaries
        • An American Political Economy
        • Henry Carey, Nature, and the Destiny of Man
        • Liberalism, Republicanism, and Finance
        • Conclusion: The Old and the New in American Economics
        • Index

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