Chapter 29

Postwar Industry and Agriculture

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Table 29.1 Manufacturing Employment and the Labor Force, 1947–1999

Table 29.2 Industrial Distribution of Employment and Value Added in Manufacturing (ranked by ME in 1999)

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Figure 29.1 U.S. Industrial Production Indexes, 1967–1999 (Durable Goods)

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Figure 29.2 U.S. Industrial Production Indexes, 1967–1999 (Nondurable Goods)

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Figure 29.3 Productivity, 1951–1998

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, business productivity, series PRS84006093.

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Table 29.3 Indexes of Productivity

Table 29.4 Division of manufacturing Industries by Category

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Table 29.5 World and U.S. Steel Production, 1950–1998

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Table 29.6 World and U.S. Motor Vehicle Production, 1960–1992

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Table 29.7 Raw Steel Production by Process, 1950–1998

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Table 29.8 U.S. Auto Market Shares, 1937–1998

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Table 29.9 U.S. Foreign Trade in Autos, 1950–1995

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Table 29.10 Factory Sales and Total Imports, 1950–1995 (Passenger Cars Only)

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Table 29.11 Value of Shipments

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Figure 29.4 Farm Population vs. Farm Output

Figure 29.5 Wheat and Corn Output and Labor Hours Per Acre