The Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay

This Volume Collects Professor Parker''S Major Writings On American Agricultural And Industrial History Including Some Essays Not Previously Published. Taken As A Whole These Essays Give An Account Of Why And How The United States Grew Rich In The Nineteenth Century As Well As A Background Against Which To Judge The Present Position Of The Economy And Its International Position. Professor Parker Focuses On The Nineteenth-Century Experience Of The Three Regions Of The United States--Northeast South And Midwest And Shows Wherein Lay The Sources Of Their Wealth And Growth Into A Flourishing Nation. A Final Chapter Looking At European Development From An American Perspective Is Especially Timely In View Of The Recent Movements Toward Integration And Democratization In The Mother Continent.