Financial news today is front-page news. Americans are showered daily with stories about the stock market, the savings and loan scandal, banking catastrophes, trade imbalances, government deficits, inflation, international financial crises, unemployment, poverty, urban plight, junk bonds, and taxes. This book provides a handy reference for those who want to locate information about issues and events in American economic history. The volume includes concise essays on more than 1,200 topics. Numerous entries provide biographies of prominent businessmen and businesswomen, union leaders, intellectuals, politicians, and government officials. Others cover historical events, legislation, economic terms, labor unions, corporations, interest groups, elections, and economic institutions. The work also includes a chronology of major events in U.S. economic history and a selective bibliography. Cross-references and a subject index are also provided. The work will be valuable to reference librarians in schools, colleges, and public libraries and to individuals teaching economics, economic history and American history.
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This dictionary contains over 1200 concise entries (some signed by Susan Wladaver-Morgan) treating individuals, organizations, laws, court cases, places, terms, events, and other topics in American economic history. Olson's criteria for inclusion are quite broad, since he has essays on Vasco da Gama and John Steinbeck as well as affirmative action and the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991. Bibliographic references supplement nearly every entry. Cross references, a brief chronology of U.S. economic history, a selected bibliography, and a subject index are also provided. This valuable resource should be very useful in academic and large public libraries.
- Leonard Grundt, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Leonard Grundt, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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“A valuable ready-reference tool suitable for general readers and college and university libraries.”–Choice
“As a brief information source, the Dictionary of United States Economic History may be useful in public and academic libraries.”–Booklist
“As a brief information source, the Dictionary of United States Economic History may be useful in public and academic libraries.”–
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