economic conditions

Contains encyclopedic entries based on subjects related to the American middle class.

On October 29, 1929 - Black Monday, large and small investors alike lost corporate and personal fortunes when the stock market crashed. This program examines the reasons behind the crash and whether the crash was predictable.

America?s unique prosperity is based on its creation of a middle class. In the twentieth century, that middle class provided the workforce, the educated skills, and the demand that gave life to the world?s greatest consumer economy. It was innovative and dynamic; it eclipsed old imperial systems and colonial archetypes. It gave rise to a dream: that if you worked hard and followed the rules you would prosper in America, and your children would enjoy a better life than yours.

"An . . . account of a disenfranchised American working class and important policy solutions to the nation's economic inequalities. One of the country's leading scholars on economics and social policy, [the author] addresses the enormous divisions in American society--economic, cultural, and political--and what might be done to bridge them"--OCLC.

Argues that international aid sent to developing African nations has not helped and contends that the money has led to corrupt governments and dependent citizens.

"Chronicles the birth and rise . . . of the American auto industry through the . . . life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the profession of automobile styling"--Amazon.com.

"A colorful and revealing portrait of India's new billionaire class, in a nation torn by radical inequality"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the American politics and history of the 1950s.

In the second half of the 19th century, America transformed itself into an industrial power, ready to assume a dominant position on the world scene in the 20th century. The development of industrialization and the consumer society brought about opportunities for many Americans as part of an ever-growing middle class, but also resulted in environmental and social degradation that we continue to deal with at the present time.

Provides a cultural and historical context for the development of the United States during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and includes the first American colonies, the Jamestown settlement, Maryland, the Carolinas, Georgia, and more.