Securing the fruits of labor
the American concept of wealth distribution, 1765-1900
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Author
Publication
1998 - Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Language
English
Word Count
120,500 words, Guess
Page Count
482 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL697392M
- ISBN-100807122068
- OCLC Control Number45843453
- OCLC Control Number37864499
- OCLC Control Numbersecuringfruitsof0000hust
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number97044939
- LibraryThing2307173
- Goodreads3384036
Classifications
- DDC339.2/0973
- LCCHC110.I5 H87 1998
Alternate Titles
- American concept of wealth distribution, 1765-1900
Description
James Huston has undertaken a unique and Herculean labor in examining American beliefs about wealth distribution over one and a half centuries. His findings have led him to a startling conclusion: Americans' earliest economic attitudes were formed during the Revolutionary period and remained virtually unchanged until the close of the nineteenth century. Why those attitudes existed and persisted, how they informed public debate, and what caused their ultimate demise are among the channels explored in Securing the Fruits of Labor, a grand excursion into waters of economic history only glimpsed by previous works.
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