The Ultimate Textile Library: 23 Essential Reads gathers a capacious body of writing on cloth, dress, manufacture, ornament, and material culture. Ranging from technical instruction and historical description to criticism, design theory, ethnographic observation, and social analysis, the volume reveals textiles as both crafted objects and records of human exchange. Its juxtaposition of studies of weaving traditions, decorative practice, industrial production, and the cultural meanings of f...

The Cotton Legacy gathers four classic studies of an industry that transformed agriculture, commerce, labor, and political economy on both sides of the Atlantic. Moving between institutional history, economic analysis, regional investigation, and broader social interpretation, the volume traces cotton's rise from a valuable crop to a system with worldwide consequences. Its juxtaposition of accounts of cultivation, trade, industrial expansion, and social change makes the collection especial...

Legacy of Cotton: A Collection of Seven Informative Books assembles a wide-ranging body of writing on a commodity whose history reaches into agriculture, industry, commerce, labor, and social transformation. Across its seven constituent books, the collection offers varied explanatory modes—from historical narrative and economic inquiry to cultural observation and institutional analysis—inviting readers to consider cotton not merely as a crop but as a force shaping modern life. Its breadth ...

In "The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South," Broadus Mitchell presents a thorough examination of the industrial transformation of the Southern United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His meticulous narrative intricately interweaves economic data with social history, revealing how the region's agrarian roots evolved into a burgeoning textile industry. Mitchell'Äôs scholarly style is marked by a compelling combination of empirical analysis and vivid historical recounting,...

Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development and growth of American commerce from the era of the Great Depression until World War II.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA powerful and persuasive discussion about economics, freedom, and the relationship between the two, from today's brightest economist.In this classic discussion, Milton and Rose Friedman explain how our freedom has been eroded and our affluence undermined through the explosion of laws, regulations, agencies, and spending in Washington. This important analysis reveals what has gone wrong in America in the past and what is necessary for ...

The #1 New York Times –bestselling author and politician presents his beliefs on how to save and protect America's economy and freedom.In the post-meltdown world, it is irresponsible, ineffective, and ultimately useless to have a serious economic debate without considering and challenging the role of the Federal Reserve.Most people think of the Fed as an indispensable institution without which the country's econom...

The Great Depression and the New Deal. For generations, the collective American consciousness has believed that the former ruined the country and the latter saved it. Endless praise has been heaped upon President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for masterfully reining in the Depression’s destructive effects and propping up thecountry on his New Deal platform. In fact, FDR has achieved mythical status in American history and is considered to be, along with Washington, Jefferson, and Lincol...

For more than half a century, the U.S. dollar has been not just America's currency but the world's. It is used globally by importers, exporters, investors, governments and central banks alike. Nearly three-quarters of all $100 bills circulate outside the United States. The dollar holdings of the Chinese government alone come to more than $1,000 per Chinese resident. This dependence on dollars, by banks, corporations and governments around the world, is a source of strength for the United S...

The New York Times–bestselling author and Fox News judicial analyst examines the effects of two US presidents on personal freedom."Either the Constitution means what it says, or it doesn't."America's founding fathers saw freedom as a part of our nature to be protected—not to be usurped by the federal government—and so enshrined separation of powers and guarantees of freedom in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. But a little over a hundred years...

Mortgages dominate financial headlines in 2026 as the 30-year fixed rate hovers near 6. Four percent, yet few borrowers pause to ask why a handful of institutions hold such sway over the cost of borrowing in the first place.This book supplies that deeper layer of context.Eustace Clarence Mullins spent nineteen months inside the Library of Congress assembling archival documents, legislative records, and scarce pamphlets - including those published by the Ame...

The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the "American Way" itself. Now, in this superb compact history, Eric Rauchway offers an informed account of the New Deal and the Great Depression, illuminating its successes and failures. Rauchway first describes how the roots of the Great Depression lay in America's post-war economic policies--described as "laissez-faire with a vengeance"--which in effect isolated our nation from the world economy...