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Are we ruined by the Germans?
Harold Cox
The late Victorian era was gripped by a sudden anxiety: was British industry being systematically dismantled by German competition? This book offers a sharp, data-driven rebuttal to the panic of the 1890s.
Debts hopeful and desperate
Ruth A. McIntyre
The survival of the Plymouth Colony rested as much on the ledger as on the spirit. This history tracks the financial entanglement between the early settlers and their London backers, revealing the high cost of their New World ambition.
Emerson on Sound Money: A Speech, 1896
Willis George Emerson
The 1896 presidential race was a defining crucible for the American economy, and this impassioned speech serves as a high-stakes manifesto for the gold standard and the protective tariff. It captures the fervor of a nation standing at a crossroads, debating whether to embrace the populist movement toward free…
Manufacturing Cost Data on Artificial Ice
Otto Luhr
This technical guide offers a precise window into the industrial shift from harvested natural ice to manufactured refrigeration in the early twentieth century. It details the precise mechanics of cutting costs to make artificial ice competitive.
Money and trade considered
John Law
A bold economic treatise proposes replacing unstable silver currency with paper money backed by the value of national land to rescue a struggling nation's trade.
Outline of the development of the internal commerce of the United States: 1789-1900
Thurman William Van Metre
Before a single continuous rail network spanned the continent, American life turned on river currents, coastwise trade, and the high toll of muddy roads.