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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The United States became the world's wealthiest nation through a history far more complex and contested than popular mythology suggests.This guide traces that history from beginning to present, examining the forces, structures, and people who shaped American prosperity across four centuries.…The guide opens in the colonial period, where the foundations of American wealth were laid through transatlantic trade, land systems, and labor arrangements that included both indentured servitude and chattel slavery. From the earliest tobacco plantations of Virginia to the sugar trade of the Caribbean, colonial commerce depended on exploitation as much as enterprise.Independence created new economic opportunities, but access to those opportunities was sharply unequal. White male landowners and entrepreneurs benefited from legal and political systems designed to protect their advantages. Women, people of color, and new immigrants faced barriers that limited their participation in the emerging capitalist economy for generations.The industrial chapters trace the transformation of the United States from an agrarian economy into a manufacturing powerhouse. Textile mills, railroads, and the rise of mass production drove extraordinary growth. The guide examines who financed these industries, who labored in them, and how the mechanisms of patents, tariffs, and state subsidies shaped the distribution of the wealth they created.The guide confronts the economics of slavery directly. The cotton economy of the antebellum South was not a peripheral feature of American wealth: it was central to it, connecting plantation labor to Northern banks, British textile mills, and global capital flows in ways that shaped the entire national economy.The Gilded Age chapters explain how the largest private fortunes in American history were assembled through combinations of innovation, ruthlessness, and favorable policy. The railroad barons, steel magnates, and oil tycoons of the late nineteenth century operated in an era of minimal regulation and maximal political influence, while the workers who built their empires faced dangerous conditions and suppressed wages.The twentieth century saw new forms of wealth creation: the postwar consumer boom, the suburbanization of the middle class, the rise of financial markets, and eventually the technology economy of Silicon Valley.This guide requires no prior knowledge of economics, finance, or American history. It is written for readers who want a clear, honest, and comprehensive account of how the world's wealthiest nation came to be. How America Got Rich traces the full arc of American economic history - from colonial commerce and enslaved labor to tech billionaires - asking at every stage who built the wealth, who profited, and who was left behind. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The United States became the world's wealthiest nation through a history far more complex and contested than popular mythology suggests.This guide traces that history from beginning to present, examining the forces, structures, and people who shaped American prosperity across four centuries.…The guide opens in the colonial period, where the foundations of American wealth were laid through transatlantic trade, land systems, and labor arrangements that included both indentured servitude and chattel slavery. From the earliest tobacco plantations of Virginia to the sugar trade of the Caribbean, colonial commerce depended on exploitation as much as enterprise.Independence created new economic opportunities, but access to those opportunities was sharply unequal. White male landowners and entrepreneurs benefited from legal and political systems designed to protect their advantages. Women, people of color, and new immigrants faced barriers that limited their participation in the emerging capitalist economy for generations.The industrial chapters trace the transformation of the United States from an agrarian economy into a manufacturing powerhouse. Textile mills, railroads, and the rise of mass production drove extraordinary growth. The guide examines who financed these industries, who labored in them, and how the mechanisms of patents, tariffs, and state subsidies shaped the distribution of the wealth they created.The guide confronts the economics of slavery directly. The cotton economy of the antebellum South was not a peripheral feature of American wealth: it was central to it, connecting plantation labor to Northern banks, British textile mills, and global capital flows in ways that shaped the entire national economy.The Gilded Age chapters explain how the largest private fortunes in American history were assembled through combinations of innovation, ruthlessness, and favorable policy. The railroad barons, steel magnates, and oil tycoons of the late nineteenth century operated in an era of minimal regulation and maximal political influence, while the workers who built their empires faced dangerous conditions and suppressed wages.The twentieth century saw new forms of wealth creation: the postwar consumer boom, the suburbanization of the middle class, the rise of financial markets, and eventually the technology economy of Silicon Valley.This guide requires no prior knowledge of economics, finance, or American history. It is written for readers who want a clear, honest, and comprehensive account of how the world's wealthiest nation came to be. How America Got Rich traces the full arc of American economic history - from colonial commerce and enslaved labor to tech billionaires - asking at every stage who built the wealth, who profited, and who was left behind. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The United States became the world's wealthiest nation through a history far more complex and contested than popular mythology suggests.This guide traces that history from beginning to present, examining the forces, structures, and people who shaped American prosperity across four centuries.…The guide opens in the colonial period, where the foundations of American wealth were laid through transatlantic trade, land systems, and labor arrangements that included both indentured servitude and chattel slavery. From the earliest tobacco plantations of Virginia to the sugar trade of the Caribbean, colonial commerce depended on exploitation as much as enterprise.Independence created new economic opportunities, but access to those opportunities was sharply unequal. White male landowners and entrepreneurs benefited from legal and political systems designed to protect their advantages. Women, people of color, and new immigrants faced barriers that limited their participation in the emerging capitalist economy for generations.The industrial chapters trace the transformation of the United States from an agrarian economy into a manufacturing powerhouse. Textile mills, railroads, and the rise of mass production drove extraordinary growth. The guide examines who financed these industries, who labored in them, and how the mechanisms of patents, tariffs, and state subsidies shaped the distribution of the wealth they created.The guide confronts the economics of slavery directly. The cotton economy of the antebellum South was not a peripheral feature of American wealth: it was central to it, connecting plantation labor to Northern banks, British textile mills, and global capital flows in ways that shaped the entire national economy.The Gilded Age chapters explain how the largest private fortunes in American history were assembled through combinations of innovation, ruthlessness, and favorable policy. The railroad barons, steel magnates, and oil tycoons of the late nineteenth century operated in an era of minimal regulation and maximal political influence, while the workers who built their empires faced dangerous conditions and suppressed wages.The twentieth century saw new forms of wealth creation: the postwar consumer boom, the suburbanization of the middle class, the rise of financial markets, and eventually the technology economy of Silicon Valley.This guide requires no prior knowledge of economics, finance, or American history. It is written for readers who want a clear, honest, and comprehensive account of how the world's wealthiest nation came to be. How America Got Rich traces the full arc of American economic history - from colonial commerce and enslaved labor to tech billionaires - asking at every stage who built the wealth, who profited, and who was left behind. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. How America Got Rich | A Beginner's Guide to the History of American Capitalism - from Colonial Merchants to Silicon Valley Billionaires, Who Built It, Who Profited, and What It Means Today | Wottford | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | No Fluff Publishing | EAN 9798240929601 | Verantwortliche Person f…ür die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.
