The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
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Robert William Fogel (Author)
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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.
About the Author
Winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economics, Robert William Fogel is the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions in the Graduate 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. He is also coauthor of the bestselling Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery.
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- Contributor: Robert William Fogel
- Imprint: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN13: 9780226256634
- Number of Pages: 383
- Packaged Dimensions: 15x23x3mm
- Packaged Weight: 595
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Release Date: 2002-10-08
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economics, Robert William Fogel is the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions in the Graduate 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. He is also coauthor of the bestselling Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery.
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