TY - BOOK AU - Calvo,Christopher W. TI - The Emergence of Capitalism in Early America SN - 9780813057446 AV - HC105 .C225 U1 - 330.97305 PY - 2020/// CY - Gainesville PB - University Press of Florida KW - Capitalism-United States-History KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6036847 ER -