Why: "I love biographies, especially of prominent U.S. figures."
(The comparable U.S. figures were roughly one-sixteenth of gross national product and about one of every sixteen in the workforce.)
Oliver Ames (February 4, 1831 - October 22, 1895) was a U.S. political figure and financier.
Pierre Menard (7 October 1766 - 13 June 1844) was a fur trader and U.S. political figure.
It is over 12 percent in both Germany and France, more than double the U.S. figure, and public resentment of joblessness has become politically explosive.
According to U.S. figures, perhaps 2,000 have the technical know-how to help proliferators.
Gladden was probably the first leading U.S. religious figure to support unionization of the workforce; he also opposed racial segregation.
Hugh Peterson (August 21, 1898 - October 3, 1961) was a U.S. political figure and lawyer from the state of Georgia.
The U.S. figures are not numbers you would associate with a deindustrializing country.
David Wilmot (January 20, 1814-March 16, 1868) was a U.S. political figure.
