Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred YearsD. C. Heath, 1975 - 558 pages |
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... million essential to sound fiscal policy . Having begun to decline before Cleveland took office , the reserve was down to $ 84 million when the Senate voted to repeal the Sherman Act . And , contrary to the president's expectations ...
... million essential to sound fiscal policy . Having begun to decline before Cleveland took office , the reserve was down to $ 84 million when the Senate voted to repeal the Sherman Act . And , contrary to the president's expectations ...
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... million Europeans left their homeland ; of this number more than 5 million ( more than 70 per cent ) came from the British Isles , Germany and the Scandi- navian countries . In the first decade of the twentieth century approxi- mately ...
... million Europeans left their homeland ; of this number more than 5 million ( more than 70 per cent ) came from the British Isles , Germany and the Scandi- navian countries . In the first decade of the twentieth century approxi- mately ...
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... million tons in 1850 to 292 million tons in 1914 ; pig - iron went from 2.2 million tons to 11 million ; and steel production increased from 0.7 million tons in 1870 to 6.5 million tons in 1914. Even more im- pressive , however , was ...
... million tons in 1850 to 292 million tons in 1914 ; pig - iron went from 2.2 million tons to 11 million ; and steel production increased from 0.7 million tons in 1870 to 6.5 million tons in 1914. Even more im- pressive , however , was ...
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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