Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Production of the Precious Metals in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting a Report from the Director of the Mint Upon the Statistics of the Production of the Precious Metals in the United States. March 2, 1881. -- Laid on the Table and Ordered to be Printed
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Report of the Director of the Mint Upon the Statistics of the Production of the Precious Metals in the United States
Author: United States. Bureau of the MintPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Bullion
Author: The History of Bimetallism in the United States
Author: James Laurence LaughlinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bimetallism
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Purchasing Power of Money
Author: Irving FisherRoman Art
Author: Nancy Lorraine ThompsonPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392228
Category : Art, Roman
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
A complete introduction to the rich cultural legacy of Rome through the study of Roman art ... It includes a discussion of the relevance of Rome to the modern world, a short historical overview, and descriptions of forty-five works of art in the Roman collection organized in three thematic sections: Power and Authority in Roman Portraiture; Myth, Religion, and the Afterlife; and Daily Life in Ancient Rome. This resource also provides lesson plans and classroom activities."--Publisher website.
Biennial Report of the Bureau of Mines of the State of Colorado for the Years ...
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Report of the Comptroller of the Currency
Author: United States. Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Hoosiers and the American Story
Author: Madison, James H.Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
ISBN: 0871953633
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
A supplemental textbook for middle and high school students, Hoosiers and the American Story provides intimate views of individuals and places in Indiana set within themes from American history. During the frontier days when Americans battled with and exiled native peoples from the East, Indiana was on the leading edge of America’s westward expansion. As waves of immigrants swept across the Appalachians and eastern waterways, Indiana became established as both a crossroads and as a vital part of Middle America. Indiana’s stories illuminate the history of American agriculture, wars, industrialization, ethnic conflicts, technological improvements, political battles, transportation networks, economic shifts, social welfare initiatives, and more. In so doing, they elucidate large national issues so that students can relate personally to the ideas and events that comprise American history. At the same time, the stories shed light on what it means to be a Hoosier, today and in the past.
A Farewell to Alms
Author: Gregory ClarkPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400827817
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich--and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Countering the prevailing theory that the Industrial Revolution was sparked by the sudden development of stable political, legal, and economic institutions in seventeenth-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialization. He argues instead that these institutions gradually led to deep cultural changes by encouraging people to abandon hunter-gatherer instincts-violence, impatience, and economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education. The problem, Clark says, is that only societies that have long histories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. For the many societies that have not enjoyed long periods of stability, industrialization has not been a blessing. Clark also dissects the notion, championed by Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, that natural endowments such as geography account for differences in the wealth of nations. A brilliant and sobering challenge to the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention, A Farewell to Alms may change the way global economic history is understood.