The basic purpose of Williamson's study is to determine whether the
Kuznets cycles, or long swings in the domestic economy, have had
any consistent effect on U. S. foreign trade and, as a result, on
the nation's balance-of-payments position. The author has chosen
the period from 1820 to 1913 and has studied it in detail.
Originally published in 1964.
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