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Clash of Extremes

The Economic Origins of the Civil War

By: Thomas Lucien Vincent Blair,Marc Egnal

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Clash of Extremes

The Economic Origins of the Civil War

By: Thomas Lucien Vincent Blair,Marc Egnal

Clash of Extremes takes on the reigning orthodoxy that the American Civil War was waged over high moral principles. Marc Egnal contends that economics, more than any other factor, moved the country to war in 1861. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, Egnal shows that between 1820 and 1850, patterns of trade and production drew the North and South together and allowed sectional leaders to broker a series of compromises. After midcentury, however, all that changed as the rise of the Great Lakes economy reoriented Northern trade along east-west lines. Meanwhile, in the South, soil exhaustion, concerns about the country’s westward expansion, and growing ties between the Upper South and the free states led many cotton planters to contemplate secession. The war that ensued was truly a “clash of extremes.” Sweeping from the 1820s through Reconstruction and filled with colorful portraits of leading individuals, Clash of Extremes emphasizes economics while giving careful consideration to social conflicts, ideology, and the rise of the antislavery movement. The result is a bold reinterpretation that will challenge the way we think about the Civil War.

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080909536X

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A Mighty Empire

The Origins of the American Revolution

By: Marc Egnal

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The Origins of the American Revolution

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Reexamines the causes of the American Revolution, describes the factions supporting and opposing the Revolution, and offers profiles of colonial leaders.

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0801495814

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9780801495816

Divergent Paths : How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

By: Marc Egnal Professor of History York University

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Divergent Paths : How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

By: Marc Egnal Professor of History York University

Why are some countries without an apparent abundance of natural resources, such as Japan, economic success stories, while other languish in the doldrums of slow growth. In this comprehensive look at North American economic history, Marc Egnal argues that culture and institutions play an integral role in determining economic outcome. He focuses his examination on the eight colonies of the North, five colonies of the South (which together made up the original thirteen states), and French Canada. Using census data, diaries, travelers' accounts, and current scholarship, Egnal systematically explores how institutions (such as slavery in the South and the seigneurial system in French Canada) and cultural arenas (such as religion, literacy, entrepreneurial spirit, and intellectual activity) influenced development. He seeks to answer why three societies with similar standards of living in 1750 became so dissimilar in development. By the mid-nineteenth century, the northern states had surged ahead in growth, and this gap continued to widen into the twentieth century. Egnal argues that culture and institutions allowed this growth in the North, not resources or government policies. Both the South and French Canada stressed hierarchy and social order more than the drive for wealth. Rarely have such parallels been drawn between these two societies. Complete numerous helpful appendices, figures, tables, and maps, Divergent Paths is a rich source of unique perspectives on economic development with strong implications for emerging societies.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019535687X

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New World Economies

The Growth of the Thirteen Colonies and Early Canada

By: Marc Egnal

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New World Economies

The Growth of the Thirteen Colonies and Early Canada

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New World Economies is a valuable addition to the body of literature about economic development in eighteenth-century North America, and a much-needed comparative study of the British and French colonies. Egnal presents a cogent explanation for why the staple export thesis has not adequately explained economic growth in the colonial period, and makes a clear and compelling case that changes in the terms of trade and capital inflows were the more influential forces emanating from the international sector. From that perspective, the links between the British and French colonies and their respective mother countries were the primary determinants of the pace and timing of development. The book's argument is strengthened by examining these forces at the regional and sectoral levels, and by stressing the fluctuations in economic fortunes over the century. Domestic influences, such as productivity growth, are of secondary importance in Egnal's scheme, but nevertheless are given more prominence than they have had in previous work. This book is superbly written and contains a valuable array of charts, tables, and new time series on prices of specific exports and imports. New World Economies will be the starting point for any future research on the economic development of the British and French colonies in the eighteenth century."--Thomas Weiss, University of Kansas

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New York : Oxford University Press

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0195114825

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Clash of Extremes

The Economic Origins of the Civil War

By: Thomas Lucien Vincent Blair,Marc Egnal

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The Economic Origins of the Civil War

By: Thomas Lucien Vincent Blair,Marc Egnal

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A Mirror for History

How Novels and Art Reflect the Evolution of Middle-Class America

By: Marc Egnal

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A Mirror for History

How Novels and Art Reflect the Evolution of Middle-Class America

By: Marc Egnal

In this book, Marc Egnal argues that the arc of middle-class culture reflects the evolution of the economy from the near-subsistence agriculture of the 1750s to the extraordinarily unequal society of the twenty-first century. By using literature and art to explain the shifts in values over this lengthy span and highlighting class conflict within the American economy over time, Egnal offers particularly unique insights into the development of middle-class America. By delving into a myriad of fictional characters and their complex worlds, Egnal sheds light on an array of issues including the shifting roles of women in society, the resulting changes in masculinity, waning religious beliefs through the centuries, and a broad exploration of African American characters"--

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1621909042

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Divergent Paths

How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

By: Marc Egnal

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How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

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0195098668

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The 'Conspiracy' of Free Trade

The Anglo-American Struggle over Empire and Economic Globalisation, 1846–1896

By: Marc-William Palen

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The 'Conspiracy' of Free Trade

The Anglo-American Struggle over Empire and Economic Globalisation, 1846–1896

By: Marc-William Palen

Following the Second World War, the United States would become the leading 'neoliberal' proponent of international trade liberalization. Yet for nearly a century before, American foreign trade policy was dominated by extreme economic nationalism. What brought about this pronounced ideological, political, and economic about-face? How did it affect Anglo-American imperialism? What were the repercussions for the global capitalist order? In answering these questions, The 'Conspiracy' of Free Trade offers the first detailed account of the controversial Anglo-American struggle over empire and economic globalization in the mid- to late-nineteenth century. The book reinterprets Anglo-American imperialism through the global interplay between Victorian free-trade cosmopolitanism and economic nationalism, uncovering how imperial expansion and economic integration were mired in political and ideological conflict. Beginning in the 1840s, this conspiratorial struggle over political economy would rip apart the Republican Party, reshape the Democratic Party, and redirect Anglo-American imperial expansion for decades to come.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316477851

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New World Economies

The Growth of the Thirteen Colonies and Early Canada

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The Growth of the Thirteen Colonies and Early Canada

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New York : Oxford University Press

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A Mighty Empire

The Origins of the American Revolution

By: Marc Egnal

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The Origins of the American Revolution

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Marc Egnal's now classic revisionist history of the origins of the American Revolution, focuses on five colonies--Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina--from 1700 to the post-Revolutionary era.

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Cornell University Press

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0801476585

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Peasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century

Transnational Social Movements and Agrarian Change

By: Marc Edelman

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Peasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century

Transnational Social Movements and Agrarian Change

By: Marc Edelman

Peasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century illuminates the transnational agrarian movements that are remaking rural society and the world's food and agriculture systems. Marc Edelman explains how peasant movements are staking their claims from farmers' fields to massive protests around the world, shaping heated debates over peasants' rights and the very category of "peasant" within the agrarian organizations and in the United Nations. Edelman chronicles the rise of these movements, their objectives, and their alliances with environmental, human rights, women's, and food justice groups. The book scrutinizes high-profile activists and the forgotten genealogies and policy implications of foundational analytical frameworks like "moral economy," and concepts, such as "food sovereignty" and "civil society." Peasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century charts the struggle of agrarian movements in the face of land grabbing, counter agrarian reform, and a looming climate catastrophe, and celebrates engaged research from Central America to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

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1501773461

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Divergent Paths : How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

By: Marc Egnal Professor of History York University

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How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

By: Marc Egnal Professor of History York University

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Clash of Extremes

Clash of Extremes

A Mighty Empire

A Mighty Empire

Divergent Paths : How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

Divergent Paths : How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

New World Economies

New World Economies

Clash of Extremes

Clash of Extremes

A Mirror for History

A Mirror for History

Divergent Paths

Divergent Paths

The 'Conspiracy' of Free Trade

The 'Conspiracy' of Free Trade

New World Economies

New World Economies

A Mighty Empire

A Mighty Empire

Peasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century

Peasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century

Divergent Paths : How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

Divergent Paths : How Culture and Institutions Have Shaped North American Growth

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