The Oxford handbook of American economic history, Vol. 1

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Label

The Oxford handbook of American economic history, Vol. 1

Title part

Vol. 1

Statement of responsibility

edited by Louis P. Cain, Price V. Fishback, and Paul W. Rhode

Title variation

• Handbook of American economic history
• American economic history

Contributor

• Cain, Louis P.
• Rhode, Paul Webb
• Fishback, Price Van Meter

Editor

• Cain, Louis P.
• Fishback, Price Van Meter
• Rhode, Paul Webb

Subject

• United States -- Economic conditions

Language

eng

Summary

Capturing the main research areas in the field of American Economic History, this handbook consists of 37 chapters divided into five sections. Topics covered include: population and health, demographic research including disease and sanitation, immigration, and health policy research; production and structural change, agriculture, manufacturing, and services, how business has been organized over time and how executives have been compensated; factors of production, questions of labor (and retirement), capital, and natural resources; technology and urbanization, innovation and patenting, technology, and energy, urbanization, housing, and professional team sports; government and economic policy, macroeconomic policy (monetary, fiscal, and trade) and microeconomic policy (property rights, antitrust and regulation, and welfare).--

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Provided by publisher

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Oxford handbooks online.

Target audience

specialized