This pioneering textbook takes a thematic approach to the subject, resulting in a comprehensive understanding of historic Economic issues in the United States.
He has also taught at Williams College, Bates College, Harvard University, UC Berkeley, and UC Davis.. in Economics from UC Davis, where his dissertation received the Allan Nevins Prize in American Economic History from the Economic History Association.
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Siegler is Professor of Economics at California State University, Sacramento, USA.
About the Author: Mark V.
This book is ideally suited as a primary text for undergraduate courses in US Economic history, as well as suitable courses on History degree programmes.
Chapter topics include: long-run causes of Economic growth; Economic History of income and wealth inequality; slavery, segregation, and discrimination; immigration and immigration policies; and an Economic History of recessions and depressions.
The chronological approach is represented with a useful timeline as an appendix to show where the specific topics fit in the chronology.
Every chapter examines a specific topic, and the chapters are linked to each other to provide an overall view.
Siegler takes a thematic approach, and provides both the theoretical foundations and historical background needed to gain an in-depth understanding of the subject.
This pioneering textbook takes a thematic approach to the subject, resulting in a comprehensive understanding of historic Economic issues in the United States
