Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States

by Michael Lind

Book Overview

" An] ambitious economic history of the united States...rich with details." ?--David Leonhardt, New York Times Book Review

How did a weak collection of former British colonies become an industrial, financial, and military colossus?

From the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, the American economy has been transformed by wave after wave of emerging technology: the steam engine, electricity, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061834807
• ISBN13: 9780061834806
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"