The central theme of this study of American life in the early 19th century is the establishment of capitalism. The author argues that, following the Industrial Revolution, two distinct societies were created in the USA: rich and poor, proprietors and labourers, city dwellers and farmers.
- ISBN10 0195038894
- ISBN13 9780195038897
- Publish Date 9 January 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 508
- Language English