Excerpt from Economic Development of the United States In presenting this material I have tried to keep in mind the needs not only of students in departments of economics and in schools of commerce, but also of the general reader. A study of economic development may serve as the starting point for the reader who wishes an initial survey of the whole field of industry, and as an outline of the field for the student who is pursuing specialized studies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.