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The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877–1900

Bensel, Richard Franklin·2000·Cambridge University Press eBooks

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In the late nineteenth century, the United States underwent an extremely rapid industrial expansion that moved the nation into the front ranks of the world economy. At the same time, the nation maintained democratic institutions as the primary means of allocating political offices and power. The combination of robust democratic institutions and rapid industrialization is rare and this book explains how development and democracy coexisted in the United States during industrialization. Most literature focuses on either electoral politics or purely economic analyses of industrialization. This book synthesizes politics and economics by stressing the Republican party's role as a developmental agent in national politics, the primacy of the three great developmental policies (the gold standard, the protective tariff, and the national market) in state and local politics, and the impact of uneven regional development on the construction of national political coalitions in Congress and presidential elections.

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Authors: Bensel, R. F.
Affiliations: Cornell University (US)
Corresponding author: Bensel, Richard Franklin
ORCID: Bensel, Richard Franklin
Venue: Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-11-06
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511665004
OpenAlex: W4299312852
Cited by: 220
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FWCI: 1.86
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 3428 d)
Locations: Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Historical Economic and Social Studies
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political and Economic history of UK and US
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economic Theory and Policy
Keywords: American industrialization, political economy, Republican Party, developmentalism, gold standard, protective tariffs, national market, state and local politics, regional development, political alliances, congressional politics, presidential elections, economic development and democracy

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