The Emergence of Capitalism in Early America.
Calvo, Christopher W.
The Emergence of Capitalism in Early America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (309 pages)
Cover -- The Emergence of Capitalism in Early America -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction: Capitalism and Antebellum Thought -- 2. Laissez-Faire in the American Tradition -- 3. Progress and Poverty: Malthus and Ricardo in America -- 4. The Crisis of Free Society: The Southern and Northern Reactionaries -- 5. An American Political Economy -- 6. Henry Carey, Nature, and the Destiny of Man -- 7. Liberalism, Republicanism, and Finance -- 8. Conclusion: The Old and the New in American Economics -- NOTES -- INDEX.
Contesting the assumption that early American economists were committed to Adam Smith's ideas of free trade and small government, this book provides a comprehensive history of the nation's economic thought from 1790 to 1860, tracing the development of a uniquely American understanding of capitalism.
9780813057446
Capitalism-United States-History.
Electronic books.
HC105 .C225
330.97305
The Emergence of Capitalism in Early America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (309 pages)
Cover -- The Emergence of Capitalism in Early America -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction: Capitalism and Antebellum Thought -- 2. Laissez-Faire in the American Tradition -- 3. Progress and Poverty: Malthus and Ricardo in America -- 4. The Crisis of Free Society: The Southern and Northern Reactionaries -- 5. An American Political Economy -- 6. Henry Carey, Nature, and the Destiny of Man -- 7. Liberalism, Republicanism, and Finance -- 8. Conclusion: The Old and the New in American Economics -- NOTES -- INDEX.
Contesting the assumption that early American economists were committed to Adam Smith's ideas of free trade and small government, this book provides a comprehensive history of the nation's economic thought from 1790 to 1860, tracing the development of a uniquely American understanding of capitalism.
9780813057446
Capitalism-United States-History.
Electronic books.
HC105 .C225
330.97305