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1、THECAMBRIDGEECONOMICHISTORYOFTHEUNITEDSTATESvolumeiiTheLongNineteenthCenturyInthepastseveraldecadestherehasbeenasignificantincreaseinourknowledgeoftheeconomichistoryoftheUnitedStates.Thishascomeaboutinpartbecauseofthedevelopmentsineconomichistory,mostpart
2、icularlywiththeemergenceofthestatisticalandanalyticalcontributionsofthe“neweconomichistory,”andinpartbecauseofrelateddevelopmentsinsocial,labor,andpoliticalhistorythathaveimportantimplicationsfortheunderstandingofeconomicchange.TheCambridgeEconomicHistor
3、yoftheUnitedStateshasbeendesignedtotakefullaccountofnewknowledgeinthesubject,whileatthesametimeofferingacomprehensivesurveyofthehistoryofeconomicactivityandeconomicchangeintheUnitedStates,andinthoseregionswhoseeconomieshaveatcertaintimesbeencloselyallied
4、tothatoftheUnitedStates:CanadaandtheCaribbean.VolumeIIsurveystheeconomichistoryoftheUnitedStates,Canada,andtheCaribbeanduringthelongnineteenthcentury,aperiodofmassiveinternationalandintercontinentalmovementsoflabor,capital,andcommodities.TheUnitedStatesa
5、ndCanadabegantheperiodassmallbutvigoroussocieties;theUnitedStatesendedtheperiodastheworld’spremiereconomicpower.Fivemainthemesframetheeconomicchangesdescribedinthevolume:themigrationoflaborandcapitalfromEurope,Asia,andAfricatotheAmericas;westwardexpansio
6、n;slaveryanditsaftermath;theprocessofindustrialization;andthesocialconsequencesofeconomicgrowththatledtofundamentalchangesintheroleofgovernment.Othertopicsinclude:inequality,population,labor,agriculture,entrepreneurship,trans-portation,bankingandfinance,b
7、usinesslaw,andinternationaltrade.VolumeIcoverstheeconomichistoryofBritishNorthAmericaandtheearlyUnitedStates,andVolumeIIIsurveysU.S.economichistoryduringthetwentiethcentury.StanleyL.EngermanisJohnH.MunroProfessorofEconomicsandProfessorofHistoryattheUnive
8、rsityofRochester.ThelateRobertE.GallmanwasKenanProfessorofEconomicsandHistoryattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill.CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPres