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Subject(s)

• Prices—United States—History [Browse]
• Wages—United States—History [Browse]
• Purchasing power—United States—History [Browse]
• Cost and standard of living—United States—History [Browse]

Series

Gale virtual reference library [More in this series]

Summary note

Records the actual prices of thousands of items that consumers purchased from the Civil War to the present, along with facts about investment options and income opportunities.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Print version record.

Contents

• 1860-1899 : the age of endeavor
• 1900-1919 : the progressive era and World War I
• 1920-1939 : return to "normalcy," the Great Depression, and recovery
• 1940-1959 : World War II, recovery, and the Cold War
• 1960-1979 : the Vietnam War and the global economy
• 1980-1999 : from recession to the era of possibilities
• 2000-2009 : 9/11, the War on Terror, and the aftermath
• 2010-2014 : new beginnings
• 1910-2012 : trends.

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ISBN

• 1619252929 ((electronic bk.))
• 9781619252929 ((electronic bk.))
• 9781619252547 (e-book)
• 1619252546 (e-book)

OCLC

878963349

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