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.
Автор: American Law Institute Название: Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure ISBN: 0521706149 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521706148 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4909 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Recognizing the need for a `universal` set of procedures that would transcend national jurisdictional rules and facilitate the resolution of disputes arising from transnational commercial transactions, ALI and UNIDROIT launched Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure`, creating a set of acceptable rules and principles that would be accepted globally.
Описание: Sick from Freedom provides the first study of the health conditions of emancipated slaves and reveals the epidemics, illnesses, and poverty that former slaves suffered from when slavery ended and freedom began.
Автор: Anderson-Levitt Название: Local Meanings, Global Schooling ISBN: 1403961638 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403961631 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 5170 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Is there one global culture of schooling, or many national and local cultures? Yet the cases also show that teachers and local reformers operate `within and against` global models. Anthropologists need to recognize the global presence in local schooling as well as local transformation of global models.
Автор: Nagler Название: The Transnational Significance of the American Civil War ISBN: 3319402676 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319402673 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This volume of pioneering essays brings together an impressive array of well-established and emerging historians from Europe and the United States whose common endeavor is to situate America’s Civil War within the wider framework of global history. These essays view the American conflict through a fascinating array of topical prisms that will take readers beyond the familiar themes of U. S. Civil War history. They will also take readers beyond the national boundaries that typically confine our understanding of this momentous conflict. The history of America’s Civil War has typically been interpreted within a familiar national narrative focusing on the internal discord between North and South over the future of slavery in the United States.
Описание: While the Civil War is famous for epic battles involving massive armies engaged in conventional warfare, <em>A Savage Conflict</em> is the first work to treat guerrilla warfare as critical to understanding the course and outcome of the Civil War. Daniel Sutherland argues that irregular warfare took a large toll on the Confederate war effort by weakening support for state and national governments and diminishing the trust citizens had in their officials to protect them.
Автор: Checkel Название: Transnational Dynamics of Civil War ISBN: 1107643252 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107643253 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4909 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book bridges the gap between the fields of international relations, comparative politics and conflict processes. Using the cases of Chechnya, Afghanistan, Sudan and Turkey, among others, it explores the border-crossing features of civil war, providing a significant theoretical and empirical contribution to the study of the subject.
Автор: Tal Название: The American Civil War in British Culture ISBN: 1137489251 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137489258 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores the continuous British fascination with the American Civil War from the 1870s to the present. Analysing the War`s place in British political discourse, military writing, intellectual life and popular culture, it traces the sources of Britons` appeal to the American conflict and their use of its representations at home and abroad.
Описание: It was no coincidence that the Civil War occurred during an age of violent political upheaval in Europe and the Americas. Grounding the causes and philosophies of the Civil War in an international context, Andre M. Fleche examines how questions of national self-determination, race, class, and labor the world over influenced American interpretations of the strains on the Union and the growing differences between North and South. Setting familiar events in an international context, Fleche enlarges our understanding of nationalism in the nineteenth century, with startling implications for our understanding of the Civil War. Confederates argued that European nationalist movements provided models for their efforts to establish a new nation-state, while Unionists stressed the role of the state in balancing order and liberty in a revolutionary age. Diplomats and politicians used such arguments to explain their causes to thinkers throughout the world. Fleche maintains that the fight over the future of republican government in America was also a battle over the meaning of revolution in the Atlantic world and, as such, can be fully understood only as a part of the world-historical context in which it was fought.
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