In the late nineteenth century, the United States underwent an extremely rapid industrial expansion that moved the nation into the front ranks of the world econ

In the last decades of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent an extremely rapid industrial expansion that moved the nation into the front ranks of

Contending that intense competition for national political economy control produced secession, this study describes the impact of the American Civil War upon th

Together these countries pioneered new technologies that have made them ever richer.