Economic History of the United States

Francis G. Walett received the degrees of Master of Arts (1944) and Doctor of Philosophy (1948) from Boston University, where he is now Assistant Professor of H story. He has tau g h t courses in European History, American H story, and the Economic H story of the United States. Much of his research and writing has been in the field of the American R evolution.

• 1. The Physical Basis of United States Economic History 2. The European Background of American Economic History 3. The Colonization of North America 4. Production in Colonial America 5. Colonial Commerce 6. Economic Aspects of the Revolutionary Period 7. Public Finance and Fiscal Policy 1789 to 1860 8. Agriculture before 1860 9. Population and Labor before the Civil War 10. Transportation Developments before the Civil War 11. Westward Expansion before the Civil War 12. Beginnings of American Industrialism 13. Foreign Trade and Maritime Industries 1789-1860 14. Money and Banking 1789-1860 15. Performance of the American Economy 1789-1860 16. Economic Aspects of the Civil War 17. Passing of the Frontier 18. Changing Agriculture 1860-1914 19. History of Transportation and Communication to 1914 20. The Industrial Revolution 21. Industrial Consolidation and the Antitrust Movement 22. The Labor Movement 1860-1914 23. Domestic and Foreign Commerce 24. Financial History 1865-1914 25. The Performance of the American Economy 1865-1914 26. Economic Imperialism 27. World War I and the American Economy 28. The Prosperous Twenties 29. The Great Depression 30. The New Deal 31. America and World Economies 32. Economic Problems of World War II and Postwar Developments Final Examination