Commonwealth: A Study of the Role of Government in the American Economy: Massachusetts, 1774-1861, Revised Edition

by Mary Flug Handlin and Oscar Handlin

Book Overview

Commonwealth, when first published in 1947, was a pioneer effort to investigate the historical role of government in the American economy. It revealed for the first time the importance of political action in the development of the American free enterprise system. The present edition has been revised by the authors to take into account the research of the past two decades. Focusing on Massachusetts as a key state, Oscar and Mary Flug Handlin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674146913
• ISBN13: 9780674146914
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"