In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, home appliances, motor vehicles, air travel, air conditioning, and television transformed households and workplaces. With medical advances, life expectancy between 1870 and 1970 grew from forty-five to seventy-two years. Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, "The Rise and Fall of American Growth" provides an in-depth account of this momentous era. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end?
Gordon challenges the view that economic growth can or will continue unabated, and he demonstrates that the life-altering scale of innovations between 1870 and 1970 can't be repeated. He contends that the nation's productivity growth, which has already slowed to a crawl, will be further held back by the vexing headwinds of rising inequality, stagnating education, an aging population, and the rising debt of college students and the federal government. Gordon warns that the younger generation may be the first in American history that fails to exceed their parents' standard of living, and that rather than depend on the great advances of the past, we must find new solutions to overcome the challenges facing us.
A critical voice in the debates over economic stagnation, "The Rise and Fall of American Growth" is at once a tribute to a century of radical change and a harbinger of tougher times to come.
Описание: Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. Freedom from Fear tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities.
Автор: Casanova Название: The Spanish Republic and Civil War ISBN: 052173780X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521737807 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: One of Spain`s leading historians offers a magisterial new account of the critical period in Spanish history when the climate of euphoria and hope that greeted the overthrow of the monarchy in 1931 was transformed into a cruel, destructive civil war and, ultimately, a victory for dictatorship over democracy.
Автор: Kirschenbaum Название: International Communism and the Spanish Civil War ISBN: 1107106273 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107106277 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14256.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides an intimate picture of international communism in the Stalin era. Focusing on Americans and Spaniards who worked or studied in Moscow and later participated in the Spanish Civil War, it uncovers the personal and political ties that linked communists to one another and the Soviet Union.
Автор: Ruiz Название: The `Red Terror` and the Spanish Civil War ISBN: 1107054540 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107054547 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 17266.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This study challenges the common view that extrajudicial executions in Republican Spain in July 1936 were the work of criminal or anarchist `uncontrollables`.
Автор: Raleigh, Donald J. Название: Experiencing Russia`s civil war : ISBN: 0691113203 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691113203 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 8712.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presents the comprehensive history of the total experience of the Russian Civil War. Focusing on the key Volga city of Saratov and the surrounding region, this book shows how the experience of civil war embedded itself into both the people`s and the state`s outlook and behavior.
Автор: Lary Название: China`s Civil War ISBN: 1107678269 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107678262 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 3802.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The first social history in English of China`s Civil War, 1945-9, which brought the Chinese Communist Party to power. Surveying a period of intense upheaval and chaos, it shows how the Communist Party succeeded in overthrowing the Nationalist government to bring political and social revolution to China.
Автор: Kuethe Название: The Spanish Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century ISBN: 1107672848 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107672840 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4277.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book covers the evolution of royal policy in Spanish America as eighteenth-century Spain modernized its empire and transformed itself into a power of the first order. Tracing the interplay between war and reform, the analysis confronts the diverse realities of the Spanish Atlantic world, which stretched from the northern Mexican borderlands to Argentina and Chile.
Автор: James Simpson Название: Spanish Agriculture ISBN: 0521525160 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521525169 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 8078.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This major study of Spanish agrarian history, first published in 1996, examines how traditional agriculture responded to population growth and the integration of commodity markets, and explains why growth was so slow over two centuries.
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