TY - BOOK ID - 94235433 TI - Ages of American Capitalism : A History of the United States. PY - 2021 SN - 9780812995015 9780812995022 0812995015 PB - Random House Publishing Group DB - UniCat KW - History of North America KW - anno 1800-1999 KW - United States KW - E-books KW - Capitalism KW - Economic history. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. KW - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions. KW - Capitalism. KW - Economic conditions. KW - History KW - United States. KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:94235433 AB - A leading economic historian traces the evolution of American capitalism from the colonial era to the present--and argues that we've reached yet another turning point that will define the era ahead. Today, in the midst of a new economic crisis and severe political discord, the nature of capitalism in the United States is at a crossroads, but it has seen such moments of transformation before. In an ambitious single-volume history of the United States, award-winning economic historian Jonathan Levy reveals how, from the beginning of U.S. history to the present, capitalism in America has evolved through four distinct ages and how the country's economic evolution is inseparable from American life itself. The Age of Commerce spans the colonial era through the outbreak of the Civil War. It was a period in which economic growth and output largely depended on enslaved labor and were limited by what could be drawn from the land and where it could be traded. ER -