The emergence of capitalism in early America /Christopher W. Calvo.
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (x, 296 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Capitalism and Antebellum Economic Thought -- Laissez-faire in the American Tradition -- Progress and Poverty: Malthus and Ricardo in America -- The Crisis of Free Society: The Southern and Northern Reactionaries -- An American Political Economy -- Henry Carey, Nature, and the Destiny of Man -- Liberalism, Republicanism, and Finance -- Conclusion: The Old and the New in American Economics
"Contesting the assumption that early American economists were committed to Adam Smith's ideas of free trade and small government, this book provides a comprehensive history of the nation's economic thought from 1790 to 1860, tracing the development of a uniquely American understanding of capitalism"--