The United States as a Developing Country: Studies in U.S. History in the Progressive Era and the 1920s

by Martin J. Sklar

Book Overview

The history of the United States is in crucial respects the history of a developing country, not only in its transition from agriculture and commercial colonies to an industrial nation, but in modern times and the foreseeable future as well. These seven essays are primarily concerned with the U.S. as a developing country in the early twentieth century, undergoing stages of development from competitive capitalism to corporate capitalism, and from industrial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521409225
• ISBN13: 9780521409223
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"