The Sinews of American Capitalism: An Economic HistoryAnalysis by a historian of social changes wrought by the transformation from an agrarian society to a complex industrial economy. |
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The Colonial Economy | 1 |
A New Nation | 31 |
New Patterns of Trade and Commerce | 50 |
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