Measuring America How Economic Growth Came to Define American Greatness in the Late Twentieth Century |
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| Author:
| Yarrow, Andrew L. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55849-835-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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Explores two parallel, interlocking stories--of how economic ideas came to have vastly greater influence on American culture after World War II, and how those ideas dovetailed with a growing belief that the meaning and value of the U.S. resided in its material output. How and why this new way of "measuring America" developed, how it was expressed, and what it has meant and means for Americans today are questions all answered in this book.
Explores two parallel, interlocking stories--of how economic ideas came to have vastly greater influence on American culture after World War II, and how those ideas dovetailed with a growing belief that the meaning and value of the U.S. resided in its material output. How and why this new way of "measuring America" developed, how it was expressed, and what it has meant and means for Americans today are questions all answered in this book.