Enterprise: The Dynamic Economy of a Free People

by Stuart Bruchey

Book Overview

Not since Charles and Mary Beard's The Rise of American Civilization has a narrative been written for the general reader and student alike that so superbly explicates the origins of American capitalism. Arguing that the central fact explaining the success of the American experiment is the development of the economy, the distinguished economic historian Stuart Bruchey shows the reciprocal relationship between economic growth and values, law,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674257464
• ISBN13: 9780674257467
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"