The Greatest Nation of the Earth - Republican Economic Policies during the Civil War

development. Unwittingly, they ushered in the Gilded Age.

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About the author

Heather Cox Richardson is Associate Professor of American History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Summary

Rejecting the common assumption that domestic legislation during the Civil War was a series of piecemeal reactions to wartime necessities, Heather Cox Richardson argues that Republican party members systematically engineered pathbreaking laws to promote their distinctive theory of political economy.

Product details

• Authors: Heather Cox Richardson, Richardson Heather Cox
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1997
• EAN: 9780674362130
• ISBN: 978-0-674-36213-0
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 649 g
• Series: Harvard Historical Studies; Harvard Historical Studies (Ha; Harvard Historical Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), macroeconomics, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars