Land of Promise

by Lind, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780061834806
• ISBN10: 0061834807
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-17
• Publisher: Harpercollins

Summary

A sweeping and original work of economic history by Michael Lind, one of America's leading intellectuals, Land of Promise recounts the epic story of America's rise to become the world's dominant economy. As ideological free marketers continue to square off against Keynesians in Congress and the press, economic policy remains at the center of political debate. Land of Promise offers a much-needed historical framework that sheds new light on our past-wisdom that offers lessons essential to our future. Building upon the strength and lucidity of his New York Times Notable Books The Next American Nation and Hamilton's Republic, Lind delivers a necessary and revelatory examination of the roots of American prosperity-insight that will prove invaluable to anyone interested in exploring how we can move forward.

Table of Contents

A Land of Promise	p. 1
The Preindustrial Economy	p. 79
Nation Building	p. 21
The First American Economy	p. 49
The Age of Steam	p. 81
"There Is Nothing That Cannot Be Produced by Machinery": The First Industrial Revolution	p. 83
American Systems	p. 99
Plain Mechanic Power: The Civil War and the Second Republic	p. 129
The Iron Horse and the Lightning	p. 151
The Motor Age	p. 187
Franklin's Baby: Electricity, Automobiles, and the Second Industrial Revolution	p. 189
The Day of Combination	p. 213
The New Era	p. 235
A New Deal for America	p. 269
Arsenal of Democracy	p. 307
The Glorious Thirty Years	p. 329
The Great Dismantling	p. 363
The Information Age	p. 393
As We May Think: The Third Industrial Revolution	p. 395
The Bubble Economy	p. 423
The Next American Economy	p. 451
Acknowledgments	p. 483
Notes	p. 485
Index	p. 553
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