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In the tradition of the new economic history, this collection includes seven carefully researched papers blending systematic empirical research with consideration of broader theoretical and analytical issues.
Price: $184.99
Pages: 316
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Imprint: JAI Press Inc.
Series: Research in Economic History
Publication Date:
27 November 2001
ISBN: 9780762308378
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history
Introduction (A. Field). The global diffusion of the sewing machine, 1850-1914 (A. Godley). The size of the U.S. armed forces during World War II: Feasibility and war planning (M. Edelstein). Bankruptcy, debt, and the macroeconomy, 1919-1946 (A. Field). Roosevelt, Warren and the gold buying program of 1933 (S. Sumner). Scattering as insurance: a robust explanation of open fields? (C. Bekar). On the biological standard of living of eighteenth century Americans: taller richer healthier (J. Komlos). Conflicting visions: the American Civil War as a revolutionary event (R.L. Ransom, R. Sutch).