economic conditions

This work puts the history of economic ideas securely in the life of their times, and it tells especially of those ideas that have survived to influence our present beliefs and actions.

Chronicles the global financial crisis of 2008, detailing causes, major events, key persons, and the aftermath. Includes photographs, a timeline, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Discusses how the Industrial Revolution affected America, including such aspects of the era as child factory labor, the inventions of Samuel Slater and John Deere, and the emergence of the railroad industry.

Identifies some of the challenges and crises facing the world in the early twenty-first century, including AIDS, poverty pollution, and others, and features country comparisons, with maps, graphs, statistics, and photographs.