Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900

Name: Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900
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ISBN: 9780521776042

ISBN-10: 052177604X

ISBN-13: 9780521776042

Edition: 2001

Authors: Richard Franklin Bensel

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In the late nineteenth century, the United States underwent an extremely rapid industrial expansion that moved the nation into the front ranks of the world economy. At the same time, the nation maintained democratic institutions as the primary means of allocating political offices and power. The combination of robust democratic institutions and rapid industrialization is rare and this book explains how development and democracy coexisted in the United States during industrialization. Most of the current literature focuses on either electoral politics or purely economic analyses of industrialization. This book synthesizes politics and economics by stressing the Republican party's role as a…

Book details

List price: $35.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/6/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.90" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



List of tables


List of maps and charts


Preface



Introduction



Uneven economic development in the United States



Platform demands, party competition and industrialization



Claims on wealth and electoral coalitions



Political construction of the national market



Political administration and defense of the Gold Standard



Tariff protection and the Republican party



Conclusion


Index