Technological Innovation and the Great Depression

Table des matières

List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- PART ONE -- THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 1. The Great Depression Revisited -- 2. Questions Unanswered -- 3. Building a New Theoretical Approach: Consumption and Investment -- 4. The New Theory: Technological Change -- 5. The Labor Market -- PART TWO -- SECTORAL ANALYSIS -- 6. The Procedure for Sectoral Analysis -- 7. Chemicals -- 8. Electrical Products -- 9. Internal Combustion -- 10. Selected Other Industries -- 11. Non-Manufacturing Sectors -- 12. Summary of Sectoral Studies -- 13. International and Regional Comparisons -- 14. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book and Author.

Résumé

This volume takes an innovative approach toward analyzing the Great Depression of the 1930s. Exploring the technological and employment experience of specific sectors, it looks at trends in income distribution and population and other factors that created the ultimate economic depression.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Richard Szostak, Rick Szostak, Rick (University of Alberta Szostak, Szostak Richard, Szostak Rick
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367289607
• ISBN: 978-0-367-28960-7
• Pages: 384
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; History, HISTORY / General