U.S. Economy. Industrial Revolution. Islamic Fundamentalism

During the nineteenth century, most government spending took place at the state and local levels, and the federal government only began participating in the economy in a significant way toward the end of the nineteenth century. Infrastructure projects, such as the interstate highway system, were taken on by either private companies (such as the railroads, with federal assistance), or by state and local governments. In addition, there was far less federal regulation of the banking system or the fledgling securities markets, which again, were largely state and local concerns (Sylla, Wallis & Legler, 1995).

As transportation and communications brought the nation together in the twentieth century, the federal government has assumed a significant role in the nation's economy to the point where it is now b

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ehran. Yet it seems that most Americans understand little about Islamic fundamentalism, or even how such fundamentalism differs from non-fundamentalist Islam. This research considers Islamic fundamentalism, and the religious, political and economic factors that have contributed to its rise. Islamic Fundamentalism Americans are comfortable with the term "fundamentalist" when it is applied to Christianity. Christian fundamentalists are recognized as being outside mainstream Christianity, and as generally taking strict interpretations of the New Testament to sometimes extreme ends (Lewis, 1990). Christian fundamentalism is viewed as separate from mainstream Christianity in large part because the American public is familiar with the teachings of Christianity. Even Americans who do not attend religious services, and even those who do not consider themselves Christian, are nonetheless exposed to and familiar with the broad philosophies of major Christian denominations. But the same familiarity does not exist with Islam, and Americans are not able to differentiate between the major schools of Islamic thought and so-called fundamentalism. Generally construed as a strict interpretation of Islamic law, or as extreme practices of pi
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