TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER I: PROSPECT: SOME ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
AND RESOURCES
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The Experience of Developed Countries and the
Idea of Progress (l)
Unique Characteristics of Economic Growth (ll)
The Importance of Resources to Growth and
Production (l4)
CHAPTER II: THE PROBLEM EXPRESSED: THE NATURE OF OUR
INQUIRY 22
Intention (22)
Definitions (23)
Scope and Method (27)
CHAPTER III: THE COURSE AND CHANGING NATURE OF UNITED
STATES PRODUCTION AFTER i860--AN OVERVIEW 29
Production in i860 (29)
Changing Conditions and Changing Techniques
After i860 (35)
The New Importance of Iron and Copper--Metals
in Relation to the General Economy (44)
The Changing Nature of Production after i860 (40)
CHAPTER IV: THE DEMAND FOR IRON AND COPPER IN THE
UNITED STATES, I86O-I96O 55
The Changing Uses of Iron and Copper (55)
Growth in National Output and Growth in Metals (69)
The Efficient Use of Metals (73)
Increased Production and Increased Metals
Demand (78)
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