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Discusses paper money issues in the American colonies from 1720 to 1774. Misinterpretation of the colonial monetary policies; Overview of the political background of British monetary policies in the colonies; Controversy over colonial practices during the period.

Investigates the relationship between the increase in average productivity and the accelerated application of scientific information in the manufacturing industry in the United States in the 1920s. Increase efficiency of production facilities; Transformation in industrial investment; Opportunities for mass-production innovations.

Compares the monthly interest rate series established by economists Erastus Bigelow and Lance E. Davis in the United States during the 19th century. Description of Bigelow's series; Significance of the series created by Davis.

Presents information on productivity and income distribution in the southern United States after the Civil War.

Features a study on the factors which caused the economic retardation of the United States during the late 19th century. Application of the neoclassical analysis; Details of consumer prices; Discussion on interest rates; Occurrence of economic depression in the country.

Examines the formation of debt peonage in the South after the Civil War in the United States. Reason for the failure of Southerners to diversify the region's economy.

Investigates the standard of living of immigrants in the United States (U.S.) in 1909. Conclusion of a related report presented by the Immigration Commission to the Congress on December 5, 1910; Legislation on immigration recommended by the commission; Criticism on the report.

Examines the role of the Second Bank of the United States in establishing and maintaining a uniform national currency in the 1820s. Status of the Second Bank during the early 19th century; Influence on the American economy.

Examines the termination of the Long Drive in 1885 in the United States (U.S.). Significance of the cattle drive to U.S. history; Statistics on the cattle driven from Texas to Kansas by cowboys and drovers.

Offers a look at the historical evidence of the life of Scottish migrant Henry Burden to understand the development of manufacturing technology in the United States. How Burden assimilated into the American industrial community; Discussion on the attempt to introduce into the Springfield Armory the processes of rolling barrel scalps and welding barrels by rolling; Focus on the shift in Burden's career.

Discusses the economic growth in the United States before 1840. Growth of real product; Growth of aggregate product per capita in the period between 1815 and 1860.

Examines productivity change in ocean shipping on colonial routes in the United States between 1675-1775. Freight rates that have been constructed; Problems of interpretation in using freight rates; Effects of the substantial increase in shipping productivity during the colonial period.

Comments on an article about the economic impact of nineteenth-century transportation in the United States. Factors that affected actual transfer charges; Flaw of an analysis on canal technology; Costs of railroad construction.

Examines the statements of the British visitors of the 1850's and the labor-scarcity explanation of American conditions in the United States (U.S.) industry. Key feature of the U.S. manufacturing industry; Groups of visitors considered.

Focuses on a study about the economic growth of clock manufacturing industry in the United States (U.S.). Brief information on the U.S. economy; Details of mass production and marketing; Division of labor and production process.

The article presents a perspective on the history of diplomacy in the U.S. It has been noted by the author that the nature and function of diplomacy have not been the same in various historical periods. Moreover, the author added that the institutional development of diplomacy began in early intertribal relations.

The article presents a perspective on the history of surrounding the Federalist Period in the U.S. It has been noted by the author that the national past the Federalist Period is thought as a golden age of the country's government. The author added that the controversy from the program of the Federalist administrations has been regarded as only a temporary deviation from the national tradition.

The article discusses federalism, liberty, equality and fraternity in the history of American politics. The author mentions that American relations with the French nation during the American federal republic initiated federalists to show symptoms of social paranoia. He explains that due to this opposition, terms such as "French Party," "The Jacobins," and "The Democrats" started to evolve.

Explores the proposition that economic equality in the United States was greater from 1776 to 1790 than in 1860. Factors contributing to the idea that the Revolutionary era was a period of economic equality.

Investigates the wages of civil engineers in the United States during the period of 1820-1859. Economics of the engineering profession; Trend toward competition among high-ranking engineers.

Comments on a research about wealth concentration and distribution in the United States during the mid-nineteenth century. Sources of estimates for the distribution of wealth; Deficiencies in the sources of estimates.

Examines Congressional tariff debates of 1824 and 1894 to assess the impact of tariff on economic growth, employment and the dispersion of new technology in the United States. Background on the protective tariff; Extent to which such debates can be characterized as a knowledge of economic theory; Intellectual basis of the Congressmen for their tariff judgments.