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Year: 2,014
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City: London, New York, United States, USA., United States
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Pages: 251
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Language: English
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Identifier: 0582494230,978-0-582-49423-7,9780582066168,0-582-06616-6,1934-1940-3-4
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Extension: epub
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945. United States -- Economic policy. Capitalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Wirtschaftsgeschichte -- Wirtschaftslage -- Wirtschaftspolitik -- Kapitalismus -- USA. Capitalism. Economic history. Economic policy. United States.
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Toc: Content: Setting the stage -- Trends in the 1920s -- A decade of crisis : 1929-1939 -- The economic impact of the Second World War -- The post-war economy : the 1950s boom -- Affluence and the Vietnam War : the 1960s -- Structural changes in American capitalism since 1945 -- The troubled economy : the 1970s and beyond -- The Reagan era : the 1980s -- Epilogue : Into the 21st century : an end to American hegemony?