The Economics of New England : : Case Study of an Older Area / / Seymour E. Harris.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Harris, Seymour E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1952
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; ABOUT THIS BOOK --; Contents --; PART I. GENERAL PROBLEMS --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER 1. FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES --; CHAPTER 2. THE OLDER ECONOMIC REGION* --; CHAPTER 3. THE EMERGENCE OF NEW ENGLAND AS A PROBLEM AREA --; CHAPTER 4. WHAT AILS NEW ENGLAND? --; CHAPTER 5. THE LONGER HISTORICAL VIEW: EARLIER COMMENTS AND DIAGNOSES --; CHAPTER 6. STATE AND LOCAL DIFFERENCES --; CHAPTER 7. NORTH VERSUS SOUTH --; PART II. EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE NEW ENGLAND ECONOMY --; CHAPTER 8. NEW ENGLAND'S BALANCING OF ACCOUNTS --; CHAPTER 9. THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS OF NEW ENGLAND, PREWAR AND POSTWAR --; CHAPTER 1O. TREASURY DRAINS --; CHAPTER 11. NEW ENGLAND'S STAKE IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE --; PART III. LABOR AND RELATED COSTS --; CHAPTER 12. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COSTS --; CHAPTER 13. LABOR SUPPLY --; CHAPTER 14. LABOR COSTS --; CHAPTER 15. PRODUCTIVITY --; CHAPTER 16. VARIATIONS IN THE COST OF LIVING --; CHAPTER 17. LEGISLATION AND ECONOMIC MIGRATION --; CHAPTER 18. UNIONIZATION AND STRIKES --; PART IV. FISCAL POLICY --; CHAPTER 19. TAXES --; CHAPTER 20. THE PROBLEM OF MASSACHUSETTS' FISCAL POSITION --; PART V. FUEL COSTS AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT --; CHAPTER 21. FUEL, POWER, AND RIVER DEVELOPMENT --; CHAPTER 22. THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY --; PART VI. MARKETS, TRANSPORTATION, AND RAW MATERIALS --; CHAPTER 23. TRANSPORTATION AND LOCATION --; CHAPTER 24. AN IRON AND STEEL MILL FOR NEW ENGLAND --; PART VII. INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE --; CHAPTER 25. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURE --; CHAPTER 26. TEXTILES, SHOES, AND OTHER EMPLOYMENTS --; CHAPTER 27. CONCLUDING REMARKS --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674497511; 9783110353488; 9783110353556; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674497511
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Seymour E. Harris.