Do not presume the North to have been all that progressive. Economically, the period from the end of the War to 1880 or so was closely run. This was also glob

Do not presume the North to have been all that progressive. Economically, the period from the end of the War to 1880 or so was closely run. This was also global - it's often thought the government in Britain was close to falling around 1870. One economist who was invited to speak before China's Politboro was asked about this - how did Britain not fall then?