Blessed with abundant resources, America could afford to turn part of its productive capacity to creating unnecessary goods and waste. The older generation had been careful to save and reuse, while Americans in the '50s used and threw away. This consumerism was driven by advertising, designed to...
The economy of the United states after 1952 was the econnomy of a well-fed,almost fully employed people.Despit occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom.A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s, may be typical ...
The 1950s in America are often described as a time of complacency. By contrast, the 1960s and 1970s were a time of significant change. New nations emerged around the world, and insurgent movements sought to overthrow existing governments. Established countries grew to become economic powerhouses ...
In the early 1980s, the American economy was suffering through a deep recession. Business bankruptcies rose sharply compared to previous years. Farmers also suffered due to a decline in agricultural exports, falling crop prices, and rising interest rates. But by 1983, the economy had rebounded a...
At the start of the 1800s America was largely a rural economy. Over seventy percent of workers were employed in agriculture – seeFigure 2.2Less than 50 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 20 went to school. From 1800 to 1940 technological advance in the nonagricultural sector of...
In the American economy, the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with___[参考译文]在美国经济中,私有财产的概念不仅包含对生产资源的所有权,...
9. Strong domestic demand is one factor contributing to America's affluence. 强劲的国内需求的因素之一是美国的富裕。 10. Many American leaders have extolled the virtues of farmers. 许多美国领导人颂扬了农民的美德。 1.The first factory in the United States was a cotton textile mill in Pawtucke...
São Paulo - Culture, Diversity, Economy: São Paulo became a prominent cultural and intellectual centre in the 19th century, largely owing to the opening in 1827 of the College of Law, one of the first two in Brazil, where many of the country’s mos
Venezuela, country located at the northern end of South America, occupying a roughly triangular area. Venezuela is bounded by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the southwest an
Henry Flaglerarrived aboard the first train to Key West, southernmost point of the U.S., in 1912, marking completion of his Florida East Coast Railway linking the East Coast from north to south. In his path, he left grand hotels – the Hotel Ponce de Leon in St. Augustine, and the Br...