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1、THECAMBRIDGEECONOMICHISTORYOFTHEUNITEDSTATESVOLUMEIIITheTwentiethCenturyInthepastseveraldecadestherehasbeenasignificantincreaseinourknowledgeoftheeconomichistoryoftheUnitedStates.Thishascomeaboutinpartbecauseofthedevelopmentsineconomichistory,mostpar-ticularlywiththeemergenceofthestatisticalanda
2、nalyticalcontributionsofthe"neweconomichistory,"andinpartbecauseofrelateddevelopmentsinsocial,labor,andpoliticalhistorythathaveimportantimplicationsfortheunderstandingofeconomicchange.TheCambridgeEconomicHistoryoftheUnitedStateshasbeendesignedtotakefullaccountofnewknowledgeinthesubject,whileatth
3、esametimeofferingacomprehensivesurveyofthehistoryofeconomicactivityandeconomicchangeintheUnitedStates,andinthoseregionswhoseeconomieshaveatcertaintimesbeencloselyalliedtothatoftheUnitedStates:CanadaandtheCaribbean.VolumeIIIsurveystheeconomichistoryoftheUnitedStatesandCanadaduringthetwentiethcent
4、ury.Itschapterstracethecentury'smajorevents,notablytheGreatDepressionandthetwoworldwars,aswellasitslong-termtrends,suchaschangingtechnology,theriseofthecorporateeconomy,andthedevelopmentoflaborlaw.Thebookalsodiscussesagriculture,population,labormarkets,andurbanandregionalstructuralchanges.Otherc
5、haptersexamineinequalityandpoverty,tradeandforeignrelations,governmentregulation,thepublicsector,andbankingandfinance.VolumesIandIIcovertheeconomichistory,respectively,fromearlysettlementbyEuropeanstotheendoftheeighteenthcentury,andofthelongnineteenthcentury.StanleyL.EngermanisJohnH.MunroProfess
6、orofEconomicsandProfessorofHistoryattheUniversityofRochester.ThelateRobertE.GallmanwasKenanProfessorofEconomicsandHistoryattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill.CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008THECAMBRIDGEECONOMICHIST
7、ORYOFTHEUNITEDSTATESVOLUMEIIITheTwentiethCenturyEditedbySTANLEYL.ENGERMANROBERTE.GALLMANCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008PUBLISHEDBYTHEPRESSSYNDICATEOFTHEUNIVERSITYOFCAMBRIDGETheP