Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic PowerHarper Collins, 25 հոկ, 2005 թ. - 496 էջ Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way -- through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history, John Steele Gordon captures as never before the true source of our nation's global influence: wealth and the capacity to create more of it. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. |
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A COUNTRY THAT COULD MAKE ITSELF | 57 |
The American Revolution | 130 |
Chaining the Lightning of Heaven | 153 |
Whales Wood Ice and Gold | 167 |
PART III | 189 |
V | 279 |
The First World War | 285 |
Getting Prices Down to the Buying Power | 295 |
Fear Itself | 317 |
Converting Retreat into Advance | 332 |
PART V | 347 |
The Great Postwar Boom | 363 |
The Crisis of the New Deal Order | 382 |
Capitalism Red in Tooth and Claw | 205 |
Doing Business with Glass Pockets | 223 |
Was There Ever Such a Business | 240 |
A Cross of Gold | 264 |
A New Economy a New World a New War | 402 |
The Hamiltonian Creation | 422 |
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Էջ 90 - What would happen if no cotton was furnished for three years ? I will not stop to depict what every one can imagine, but this is certain : England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her, save the South.
Էջ 58 - Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given, and transmitted from the past.
Էջ 65 - May following, to take into consideration the .situation of the United States; to devise such further provisions as should appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Էջ 85 - There were a number of very respectable Gentlemen at Mrs. Greene's who all agreed that if a machine could be invented which would clean the cotton with expedition, it would be a great thing both to the Country and to the inventor.
Էջ 80 - We, the Subscribers, Brokers for the Purchase and Sale of Public Stock, do hereby solemnly promise and pledge ourselves to each other that we will not buy or sell from this day, for any person whatsoever, any kind of Public Stock, at a less rate than one quarter per cent. Commission on the specie value, and that we will give a preference to each other in our Negotiations.
Էջ 65 - Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States ; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony...
Էջ 190 - They are led by an invisible hand to make nearly the same distribution of the necessaries of life which would have been made had the earth been divided into equal portions among all its inhabitants; and thus, without intending it, without knowing it, advance the interest of the society, and afford means to the multiplication of the species.
Էջ 51 - Trades; as soon as the Time stipulated in their Indentures is expired, they immediately quit their Masters and get a small tract of Land in settling which for the first three or four years they lead miserable lives, and in the most abject Poverty; but all this is patiently borne and submitted to with the greatest cheerfulness, the Satisfaction of being Land holders smooths every difficulty, and makes them prefer this manner of living to that comfortable subsistence which they could procure for themselves...
Էջ 156 - If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.