Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred YearsD. C. Heath, 1975 - 558 pages |
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... brought new merg- ers and companies into existence ; banks , insurance companies , and invest- ment trusts were their principal customers . Thus a common interest devel- oped among the firms selling securities , the investment bankers ...
... brought new merg- ers and companies into existence ; banks , insurance companies , and invest- ment trusts were their principal customers . Thus a common interest devel- oped among the firms selling securities , the investment bankers ...
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... brought notable results . The best of the wartime housing projects , such as Yorkship Village at Camden , New Jersey , became models of community design . As innovative and excellent as many of the new communities were , how- ever , the ...
... brought notable results . The best of the wartime housing projects , such as Yorkship Village at Camden , New Jersey , became models of community design . As innovative and excellent as many of the new communities were , how- ever , the ...
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... brought about by such influences had been characterized by rapid price inflation and a tendency on the part of businessmen to build inventories in anticipation of further price increases . Just as national fiscal policy had fed the boom ...
... brought about by such influences had been characterized by rapid price inflation and a tendency on the part of businessmen to build inventories in anticipation of further price increases . Just as national fiscal policy had fed the boom ...
Contents
Times and Tensions of a Developing Industrial Society | 3 |
MAPS | 21 |
American Society at the End of an Era | 34 |
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