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Historical perspectives on the American economy, selected readings, edited by Robert Whaples, Dianne C. Betts

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Historical perspectives on the American economy

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edited by Robert Whaples, Dianne C. Betts

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selected readings

This book is a student reader of the key topics in American economic history. The readings are organised chronologically and thematically, covering such topics as: the colonial and early national economy, slavery and indentured servitude, the South since the Civil War, the origins of American industrial success, the causes of farm protest in the late nineteenth century, the role of women in the economy, and the Great Depression. Introductions add context, provide critical questions about the arguments and evidence, note important subsequent works, and suggest additional readings. Also included are a glossary and an appendix that provides a clear, simple introduction to regression analysis, needed to read the increasingly technical 'cliometric' articles in the field.--, Provided by publisher

Does the past have useful economics? / Donald N. McCloskey -- An economic interpretation of the American Revolution / Marc Egnal and Joseph A. Ernst -- The market and Massachusetts farmers, 1750-1855 / Winifred B. Rothenberg -- The rise and fall of indentured servitude in the Americas : an economic analysis / David W. Galenson -- The anatomy of exploitation / Robert W. Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman -- Slavery : the progressive institution / Paul A. David and Peter Temin -- Explaining the relative efficiency of slave agriculture in the antebellum South / Robert W. Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman -- The trap of debt peonage / Roger L. Ransom and Richard Sutch -- The economic revolution in the American South / Gavin Wright -- The railroads : the first modern business enterprises, 1850s-1860s / Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. -- Notes on the social saving controversy / Robert W. Fogel -- Industrial structure and the emergence of the modern industrial corporation / Jeremy Atack -- The origins of American industrial success, 1879-1940 / Gavin Wright -- Federal policy, banking market structure, and capital mobilization in the United States, 1863-1913 / Richard Sylla -- A reappraisal of the causes of farm protest in the United States, 1870-1900 / Anne Mayhew -- The 'Wizard of Oz' as a monetary allegory / Hugh Rockoff -- The changing economic role of women : a quantitative approach / Claudia Goldin -- Factors accounting for changes in the stock of money / Milton Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz -- The fall in the demand for money / Peter Temin