عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
1592370942
9781592370948
b509665
The value of a dollar :
[Book]
colonial era to the Civil War, 1600-1865 /
Scott Derks and Tony Smith
1st ed
Millerton, N.Y. :
Grey House Pub.,
2005
436, [21] p. :
ill. ;
29 cm
"[This is] the first edition of The Value of a Dollar, 1600-1865. This book both parallels and compliments its popular older brother The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2004"--P. [i]
"A Universal Reference Book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [437-442]) and index
1600-1749: The development of the colonies. -- 1750-1774: The run up to the War of American Independence. -- 1775-1799: The revolution births a debt-plagued nation. -- 1800-1824: Another war, manufacturing, self-sufficiency and prosperity. -- 1825-1849: Western expansion, canal transportation and American confidence. -- 1850-1865: Railroads, slavery and a nation at war with itself.
0
Derks and Smith illustrate the value of the dollar during the Colonial period, the Revolutionary War, during Western expansion, and slavery, up to 1865. Each chapter has a chronology and information on social and economic issues, income, everyday household expenses for services and fees, exchange rates and inflation, the slave trade, and prices of commodities and specific items. Detailed lists of the cost of food, agriculture, and manufactured goods, and items like apparel, furniture, household products, livestock, and other goods, are based on public records. Included are conversion tables to present-day figures. This volume complements The Value of a Dollar, 1860- 2004. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Cost and standard of living-- United States-- History
Prices-- United States-- History
Purchasing power-- United States-- History
Wages-- United States-- History
Derks, Scott
Smith, Tony
20100413063445.2
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
