Living Through 50 Years of Economic Progress (Industrial Development and the Social Fabric)
Publisher: JAI Press
Published: April 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780762305902
Subjects: Economics; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Economic History - 20th Century; U.S. History - Post World War II Period; United States; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Industries; Business/Economics; USA; Economic policy; Economics - Theory; Business & Economics / Economic Conditions; Business & Economics / Economics / Theory; Business & Economics-Economics - Theory; United States - 20th Century; Economic History; 1945-; Economic Conditions; History; Presidents
First sentence: By the spring of 1945 the end of World War II was in sight: the European phase of the war was nearing successful completion and in June, after the allied powers had delivered devastating blows to Japan, it became obvious that the world would experience a process of transition on a scale as never before.