The Debate Over Two Paths of Early American Modernization

Author: Zhang Shaohua
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Publish Date: 1996-04-01
Features: This book presents a new perspective on modernization research, based on extensive original materials, showcasing a major debate in the early days of the United States regarding the future development path. The process of the debate between Hamilton's "Industrial and Commercial State" and Jefferson's "Agricultural State" is presented to readers, and thought-provoking questions are raised, such as the relationship between economic development and political democracy, social equality, fairness, and efficiency, as well as the pursuit of wealth and the preservation of morality during the modernization process. This book holds certain reference value for the ongoing modernization in the third world and China.