ABSTRACT

Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development and growth of the factory system, labour movements and foreign and domestic commerce.

chapter I|19 pages

Economic America at the End of the Century

chapter III|16 pages

The Problems of Foreign Trade

chapter IV|24 pages

The Development of Economic Imperialism

chapter V|23 pages

The Movement of Population

chapter VI|20 pages

The Technology of American Manufactures

chapter VII|18 pages

The Movement of Industry

chapter VIII|34 pages

Consolidation of Business

chapter IX|33 pages

The Railroad Empire

chapter X|29 pages

Revolution in Transportation

chapter XI|31 pages

Status of the Workers

chapter XII|35 pages

Advance of Organized Labor

chapter XIII|27 pages

The New Agriculture

chapter XIV|24 pages

Expanding Agriculture: Problems and Policies

chapter XV|17 pages

The Era of Reform

chapter XVI|29 pages

The Literature of the Subject