Divergent Paths : How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Maps -- I. The Shaping of Regional Societies, 1750s to 1850s -- 1. Introduction: The Paths Diverge -- 2. Eighteenth-Century Perceptions -- 3. Peasants and Freeholders -- 4. Religion and Labor -- 5. Mobility and Education -- 6. Entrepreneurial Spirit in the North and South -- 7. Entrepreneurial Spirit in French Canada -- 8. Intellectual Life -- II. From the 1860s to the 1990s -- 9. The Gap Widens: 1860s to 1940 -- 10. The Paths Converge: 1940 to 1975 -- 11. The Post-Industrial Economy, 1975 to the 1990s -- A Concluding Note -- Appendices -- Appendix A. Some Thorny Concepts: Capitalism, the Capitalist Spirit, and the Household Economy -- Appendix B. Three Farms in 1750 -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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