| The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism Contributor(s): Fogel, Robert William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226256626 ISBN-13: 9780226256627 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: Robert William Fogel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1993. "To take a trip around the mind of Robert Fogel, one of the grand old men of American economic history, is a rare treat. At every turning, you come upon some shiny pearl of information."--"The Economist" In this broad-thinking and profound piece of history, Robert William Fogel synthesizes an amazing range of data into a bold and intriguing view of America's past and future--one in which the periodic Great Awakenings of religion bring about waves of social reform, the material lives of even the poorest Americans improve steadily, and the nation now stands poised for a renewed burst of egalitarian progress. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - History | Social History - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 305.097 |
| LCCN: 99089987 |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 6.32" W x 9.31" (1.60 lbs) 383 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
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Contributor Bio(s): Fogel, Robert William: - Robert William Fogel (1926-2013) won the 1993 Nobel Prize for Economics. He was the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions at the Booth School of Business, director of the Center for Population Economics, and a member of the Department of Economics and of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. |