The value of a dollar : prices and incomes in the United States, 1860-2014

Summary: Library Journal: New Beginnings is what Derks terms the period 2010-14, coverage of which is included in this fifth edition of a straightforward reference. Certainly there are free cost-of-living comparison tools online, but this collection of price history tables for goods, salaries, investments, and various side matter yields riches not to be encountered in single-query searches. For example, while many prices dropped during the recent economic downturn, this reference demonstrates in aggregate how they are now "recovering" upward. VERDICT An illuminating compendium for money-crunching history buffs.

Record details

ISBN: 9781619252547
ISBN: 1619252546
Physical Description: print
xix, 738 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A universal reference book"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 723-724) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Value of a Dollar, 1860-2012 (table) -- 1860-1899: Age Of Endeavor: -- Background & dollar conversions -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1900-1919: Progressive Era And World War I: -- Background & dollar conversions -- 1900-1904: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1905-1909: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1910-1914: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1915-1919: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1920-1939: Return To "Normalcy," The Great Depression, And Recovery: -- Background & dollar conversions -- 1920-1924: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1925-1929: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany 1930-1934: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1935-1939: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1940-1959: World War II, Recovery, And The Cold War: -- Background & dollar conversions -- 1940-1944: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1945-1949: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1950-1954: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1955-1959: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1960-1979: Vietnam War And The Global Economy: -- Background & dollar conversions -- 1960-1964: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1965-1969: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1970-1974: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1975-1979: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1980-1999: From Recession To The Era Of Possibilities: -- Background & dollar conversions -- 1980-1984: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1985-1989: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1990-1994: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany -- 1995-1999: -- Historical snapshot -- Selected income -- Consumer expenditures -- Investments -- Standard jobs -- Food basket -- Selected prices -- Miscellany.