TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lindert,Peter H.
AU  - Williamson,Jeffrey G.
TI  - Unequal gains: American growth and inequality since 1700 
T2  - The Princeton economic history of the Western world
SN  - 9780691170497
AV  - HC110.I5 L5624 2016
U1  - 339.20973 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Economic development
KW  - fast
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Einkommen
KW  - gnd
KW  - Ungleichheit
KW  - Lebensstandard
KW  - Sezessionskrieg
KW  - 1861-1865
KW  - Amerikanische Revolution
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - USA
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-390) and index; Persistent debate, a new approach, more data, rich findings -- Colonial incomes on the eve of the Revolution -- When did colonial America get rich? -- Losing the lead: the cost of revolution and independence -- Unequal economic growth, 1800-1860 -- The Civil War: growth lost, freedom gained, inequality maintained -- Contending forces: American incomes across the late nineteenth century -- The greatest leveling of all time -- Rising inequality once more, since the 1970s -- Inequality and growth: history lessons for the future -- Appendix A. A guide to the 1774 and 1800 income estimates -- Appendix B. Salaries, payment in kind, and workdays -- Appendix C. Estimating slaves' retained earnings, colonial times to 1860 -- Appendix D. American versus British prices, 1640-1875 -- Appendix E. A guide to the 1860 income estimates, and some modifications for 1850 -- Appendix F. A guide to the 1870 income estimates -- Appendix G. Farm operators' incomes in 1870 -- Appendix H. Sources and notes to tables and figures in main text
N2  - "Unequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today."--Provided by publisher
ER  -