The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War

(Part of the Princeton Economic History of the Western World Series and The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Series)

by Robert J. Gordon

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How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threat

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691147728

ISBN13:9780691147727

Release Date:January 2016

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:784 Pages

Weight:3.26 lbs.

Dimensions:2.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"

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The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War

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