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This collection brings together a comprehensive selection of documents from
the history of US and Canadian economic thought from the 17th century through
to 1900. Part II loots at the revolution to the Civil War. Of primary
importance here are writings concerning the construction of a national economy
and what economic interests the federal government should promote and protect,
including discussion of agriculture versus manufacturing, and protectionism
versus free trade. Also included are discussions of slavery. Other texts
address taxation and national infrastructure investment and the expansion of
the frontiers of the United States, as well as corresponding theories of
population growth. The highly political and caustic discussions of the
formation of a national bank are included, as well as monetary policy, credit
and debt. In addition are writings that begin the serious development of the
study of political economy and economic theory in America. This collection brings together a comprehensive selection of documents from
the history of US and Canadian economic thought from the 17th century through
to 1900.
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The Emergence Of A National Economy: United States From Independence to the Civil War
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