The Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-1999

by Derks, Scott

• ISBN13: 9781891482496
• ISBN10: 1891482491
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Grey House Pub

Summary

A guide to practical economy, The Value of a Dollar records the actual prices of thousands of items that consumers purchased from the Civil War to the present, along with facts about investment options and income opportunities. The first edition, published by Gale Research in 1994, covered the period of 1860 to 1989. This second edition has been completely redesigned and revised and now contains two new chapters, 1990-1994 and 1995-1999. Each 5-year chapter includes a Historical Snapshot, Consumer Expenditures, Investments, Selected Income, Income/Standard Jobs, Food Basket, Standard Prices and Miscellany. This interesting and useful publication will be widely used in any reference collection.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
The Value of a Dollar, 1860--1997	2	(471)
1860--1899: The Age of Endeavor
Background	3	(2)
Historical Snapshot	5	(4)
Selected Income	9	(1)
Investments	10	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	11	(5)
Selected Prices	16	(29)
Miscellany	45	(3)
1900--1919: The Progressive Era and World War I
Background	48	(1)
1900--1904
Historical Snapshot	49	(1)
Investments	50	(1)
Selected Income	51	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	52	(1)
Food Basket	53	(3)
Selected Prices	56	(13)
Standard Prices	69	(1)
Miscellany	70	(2)
1905--1909
Historical Snapshot	72	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	72	(1)
Investments	73	(1)
Selected Income	73	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	74	(1)
Food Basket	75	(3)
Selected Prices	78	(14)
Standard Prices	92	(1)
Miscellany	93	(2)
1910--1914
Historical Snapshot	95	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	95	(1)
Investments	96	(1)
Selected Income	96	(2)
Income, Standard Jobs	98	(1)
Food Basket	99	(2)
Selected Prices	101	(12)
Standard Prices	113	(1)
Miscellany	114	(2)
1915--1919
Historical Snapshot	116	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	116	(1)
Investments	117	(1)
Selected Income	117	(2)
Income, Standard Jobs	119	(1)
Food Basket	120	(2)
Selected Prices	122	(9)
Standard Prices	131	(1)
Miscellany	132	(2)
1920--1939: Return to Normalcy, the Great Depression, and Recovery
Background	134	(2)
1920--1924
Historical Snapshot	136	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	136	(1)
Investments	137	(1)
Selected Income	137	(2)
Income, Standard Jobs	139	(1)
Food Basket	140	(2)
Selected Prices	142	(14)
Standard Prices	156	(2)
Miscellany	158	(2)
1925--1929
Historical Snapshot	160	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	160	(1)
Investments	161	(1)
Selected Income	162	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	163	(1)
Food Basket	164	(2)
Selected Prices	166	(13)
Standard Prices	179	(1)
Miscellany	180	(2)
1930--1934
Historical Snapshot	182	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	182	(1)
Investments	183	(1)
Selected Income	184	(2)
Income, Standard Jobs	186	(1)
Food Basket	187	(2)
Selected Prices	189	(13)
Standard Prices	202	(1)
Miscellany	203	(1)
1935--1939
Historical Snapshot	204	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	204	(1)
Investments	205	(1)
Selected Income	206	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	207	(1)
Food Basket	208	(2)
Selected Prices	210	(9)
Standard Prices	219	(1)
Miscellany	220	(3)
1940--1959: World War II, Recovery, and the Cold War
Background	223	(1)
1940--1944
Historical Snapshot	224	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	225	(1)
Investments	226	(1)
Selected Income	227	(3)
Income, Standard Jobs	230	(1)
Food Basket	231	(2)
Selected Prices	233	(13)
Standard Prices	246	(2)
Miscellany	248	(2)
1945--1949
Historical Snapshot	250	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	250	(1)
Investments	251	(1)
Selected Income	252	(2)
Income, Standard Jobs	254	(1)
Food Basket	254	(3)
Selected Prices	257	(15)
Standard Prices	272	(1)
Miscellany	273	(1)
1950--1954
Historical Snapshot	274	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	274	(1)
Investments	275	(1)
Selected Income	276	(2)
Income, Standard Jobs	278	(1)
Food Basket	278	(3)
Selected Prices	281	(12)
Standard Prices	293	(1)
Miscellany	294	(2)
1955--1959
Historical Snapshot	296	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	296	(1)
Investments	297	(1)
Selected Income	298	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	299	(1)
Food Basket	300	(2)
Selected Prices	302	(12)
Standard Prices	314	(1)
Miscellany	315	(1)
1960--1999: The Vietnam War and the Global Economy
Background	316	(3)
1960--1964
Historical Snapshot	319	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	320	(1)
Investments	320	(1)
Selected Income	321	(2)
Income, Standard Jobs	323	(1)
Food Basket	324	(2)
Selected Prices	326	(12)
Standard Prices	338	(1)
Miscellany	339	(2)
1965--1969
Historical Snapshot	341	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	341	(1)
Investments	342	(1)
Selected Income	343	(2)
Income, Standard Jobs	345	(1)
Food Basket	346	(2)
Selected Prices	348	(15)
Standard Prices	363	(1)
Miscellany	364	(2)
1970--1974
Historical Snapshot	366	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	366	(1)
Investments	367	(1)
Selected Income	368	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	369	(1)
Food Basket	370	(2)
Selected Prices	372	(9)
Standard Prices	381	(1)
Miscellany	382	(2)
1975--1979
Historical Snapshot	384	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	384	(1)
Investments	385	(1)
Selected Income	386	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	387	(1)
Food Basket	388	(2)
Selected Prices	390	(13)
Standard Prices	403	(1)
Miscellany	404	(1)
1980--1984
Historical Snapshot	405	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	405	(1)
Investments	406	(1)
Selected Income	407	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	408	(1)
Food Basket	409	(2)
Selected Prices	411	(8)
Standard Prices	419	(1)
Miscellany	420	(1)
1985--1989
Historical Snapshot	421	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	421	(1)
Investments	422	(1)
Selected Income	423	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	424	(1)
Food Basket	425	(2)
Selected Prices	427	(7)
Standard Prices	434	(1)
Miscellany	435	(1)
1990--1994
Historical Snapshot	436	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	437	(1)
Investments	437	(2)
Selected Income	439	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	440	(1)
Food Basket	441	(2)
Selected Prices	443	(11)
Standard Prices	454	(1)
Miscellany	455	(1)
1995--1999
Historical Snapshot	456	(1)
Consumer Expenditures	457	(1)
Investments	457	(2)
Selected Income	459	(1)
Income, Standard Jobs	460	(1)
Food Basket	461	(1)
Selected Prices	462	(8)
Miscellany	470	(3)
Appendix	473	(18)
Federal Gasoline Tax Rate	475	(1)
Public Debt of the Federal Government	475	(2)
Postal Rate for First Class Mail	477	(1)
Cable TV, Average Monthly Basic Rate	478	(1)
Telephone Toll Rates between New York City and Chicago	479	(1)
Average Cost to Community Hospitals per Patient	480	(1)
Public Elementary and Secondary School Expenditure per Pupil	480	(2)
Average Price of Electricity, Residential	482	(1)
Institutions of Higher Education (Public, Four Year) Tuition and Required Fees	483	(1)
Institutions of Higher Education (Private, Four Year) Tuition and Required Fees	483	(1)
Federal Hourly Minimum Wage	484	(1)
Telegraph Rates between New York City and San Francisco	485	(1)
Wholesale Price of Brick	486	(1)
Wholesale Price of Coal	487	(1)
Wholesale Price of Sugar	488	(1)
Hardback Book (Fiction), Average Retail Price	489	(1)
Gasoline Prices	490	(1)
Median Sales Price, New Homes	490	(1)
Sources	491	(1)
Bibliography	492