Industrializing America

Industrializing America
Title Industrializing America PDF eBook
Author Walter Licht
Publisher
Pages 248
Release 1995-04
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN

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"A deft and elegantly written survey of the evolution of the nation's economy through the nineteenth century." -- Michael A. Bernstein, University of California, San Diego

The Dawn of Innovation

The Dawn of Innovation
Title The Dawn of Innovation PDF eBook
Author Charles R. Morris
Publisher
Pages 385
Release 2012-10-23
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1586488287

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From the bestselling author of The Trillion Dollar Meltdown and The Tycoons comes the fascinating, panoramic story of the rise of American industry between the War of 1812 and the Civil War

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Title Encyclopaedia Britannica PDF eBook
Author Hugh Chisholm
Publisher
Pages 1090
Release 1910
Genre Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877–1900

The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877–1900
Title The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877–1900 PDF eBook
Author Richard Franklin Bensel
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 550
Release 2000-11-06
Genre History
ISBN 1139936476

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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 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 developmental agent in national politics, the primacy of the three great developmental policies (the gold standard, the protective tariff, and the national market) in state and local politics, and the impact of uneven regional development on the construction of national political coalitions in Congress and presidential elections.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Title The Fourth Industrial Revolution PDF eBook
Author Klaus Schwab
Publisher Crown Currency
Pages 194
Release 2017-01-03
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1524758876

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World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolu­tion, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the developments are affecting all disciplines, economies, industries and governments, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is already all around us, from supercomputers, drones and virtual assistants to 3D printing, DNA sequencing, smart thermostats, wear­able sensors and microchips smaller than a grain of sand. But this is just the beginning: nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than a strand of hair and the first transplant of a 3D printed liver are already in development. Imagine “smart factories” in which global systems of manu­facturing are coordinated virtually, or implantable mobile phones made of biosynthetic materials. The fourth industrial revolution, says Schwab, is more significant, and its ramifications more profound, than in any prior period of human history. He outlines the key technologies driving this revolution and discusses the major impacts expected on government, business, civil society and individu­als. Schwab also offers bold ideas on how to harness these changes and shape a better future—one in which technology empowers people rather than replaces them; progress serves society rather than disrupts it; and in which innovators respect moral and ethical boundaries rather than cross them. We all have the opportunity to contribute to developing new frame­works that advance progress.

Scoring 50 Years of US Industrial Policy, 1970–2020

Scoring 50 Years of US Industrial Policy, 1970–2020
Title Scoring 50 Years of US Industrial Policy, 1970–2020 PDF eBook
Author Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Publisher Peterson Institute for International Economics
Pages 127
Release 2021-11-29
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0881327468

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Industrial policy is making a comeback in the United States. It is more urgent than ever to understand how and whether industrial policy has worked to strengthen the US economy. This study analyzes and scores 18 US industrial policy episodes implemented between 1970 and 2020, in an effort to assess what went right and what went wrong—and how the current initiatives might fare. The Peterson Institute for International Economics gratefully acknowledges the support of the Koch Foundation for this project.

American History: A Very Short Introduction

American History: A Very Short Introduction
Title American History: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook
Author Paul S. Boyer
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 182
Release 2012-08-16
Genre History
ISBN 0199911657

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This volume in Oxford's A Very Short Introduction series offers a concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the earliest human migrations to the early twenty-first century when the United States loomed as a global power and comprised a complex multi-cultural society of more than 300 million people. The narrative is organized around major interpretive themes, with facts and dates introduced as needed to illustrate these themes. The emphasis throughout is on clarity and accessibility to the interested non-specialist.