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UNINA9910450270303321 |
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Autore |
Collins Robert M. |
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Titolo |
More : the politics of economic growth in postwar America / / Robert M. Collins |
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 |
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©2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-802152-6 |
1-282-36706-4 |
9786612367069 |
0-19-534848-6 |
1-60256-766-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (316 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Wealth - United States - History - 20th century |
Liberalism - United States - History - 20th century |
National characteristics, American |
Electronic books. |
United States Economic policy |
United States Economic conditions 1945- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Ambiguity of New Deal Economics; 1 The Emergence of Economic Growthmanship; 2 The Ascendancy of Growth Liberalism; 3 Growth Liberalism Comes a Cropper, 1968; 4 Richard Nixon's Whig Growthmanship; 5 The Retreat from Growth in the 1970's; 6 The Reagan Revolution and Antistatist Growthmanship; 7 Slow Drilling in Hard Boards; Conclusion; Notes; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Robert Collins' book explores the growth of America in terms of material prosperity. Collins interweaves economic history and cultural analysis onto his examination of postwar growth politics. The book contrasts the reasons for expansion and the way it has occurred in the past fifty years with the negative effects it has produced and the |
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