American economic history / Jonathan Hughes, Louis P. Cain.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1: The Colonial Period, 1607-1783Chapter 1: Overseas EmpireChapter 2: Colonial DevelopmentChapter 3: America on the Eve of RevolutionChapter 4: Gaining IndependencePart 2: The National Period and Constitutional Crisis, 1783-1861Chapter 5: Westward ExpansionChapter 6: Population and Labor ForceChapter 7: Law and the Rise of Classical American CapitalismChapter 8: Transportation: Internal Improvements and UrbanizationChapter 9: Agricultural Expansion: The Conflict of Two Systems on the LandChapter 10: The Debate Over SlaveryChapter 11: The Early Industrial SectorChapter 12: The Financial System and the International EconomyPart 3: The Rise of an Industrial Society, 1861-1914 Chapter 13: Economic Effects of the Civil War Chapter 14: Railroads and Economic DevelopmentChapter 15: Post-Civil War AgricultureChapter 16: Population Growth and the Atlantic MigrationChapter 17: Industrialization, Entrepreneurship, and Urban GrowthChapter 18: Big Business and Government InterventionChapter 19: Financial Developments 1863-1914Chapter 20: The Great Economy and Its International RelationsChapter 21: Labor and the LawPart 4: The Expansion of Federal Power, 1914-1945Chapter 22: The Command Economy Emerges: World War IChapter 23: "Normalcy": 1919-1929Chapter 24: The Great DepressionChapter 25: The New DealChapter 26: The "Prosperity" of WartimePart 5: Brave New World? 1945-Present Chapter 27: Before the New Frontier: The Postwar EconomyChapter 28: Population, Health and LaborChapter 29: Postwar Industry and AgricultureChapter 30: To the New Millennium and BeyondChapter 31: Does Our Past Have a Future