Historical Perspectives on the American Economy: Selected Readings

ISBN-13: 9780521461078 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 654 str.

North Carolina) Robert Whaples (Wake Forest University; Texas) Dianne C. Betts (Southern Methodist University

Opis

The essays included here are the "best sellers" of American economic history, the articles and chapters that most frequently appear on the syllabi of American economic history courses. Introductions add context, provide critical questions about the arguments and evidence, indicate important subsequent works, and suggest additional readings. Also included are a glossary and an appendix that provide a clear, simple introduction to regression analysis, necessary for reading the increasingly technical "cliometric" articles in the field.

Spis treści

Introduction: 1. Editors' introduction; 2. Does the past have useful economics? Donald McCloskey; Part I. Colonial and Early National Economy: 3. An economic interpretation of the American Revolution Mark Egnal and Joseph Ernst; 4. The market and Massachusetts farmers 1750–1855 Winifred Rothenberg; Part III. Slavery and Servitude: 5. The rise and fall of indentured servitude in the Americas: an economic analysis David Galenson; 6. The anatomy of exploitation Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman; 7. Slavery: the progressive institution? Paul David and Peter Temin; 8. Explaining the relative efficiency of slave agriculture in the antebellum South Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman; Part IV. The South Since the Civil War: 9. The trap of debt peonage Roger Ranso and Richard Sutch; 10. The economic revolution in the American South Gavin Wright; Part V. The Rise of American Industrial Might: 11. The railroads: the first modern business enterprises, 1850s–1860s Alfed Chandler; 12. Notes on the social savings controversy Robert Fogel; 13. Industrial structure and the emergence of the modern industrial corporation Jeremy Atack; 14. The origins of American industrial success, 1879–1940 Gavin Wright; 15. Federal policy, banking market structure, and capital mobilization in the United States, 1863–1913 Richard Sylla; Part VI. Populism and Postbellum Banking: 16. A reappraisal of the causes of farm protest in the United States, 1870–1900 Anne Mayhew; 17. The 'Wizard of Oz' as a monetary allegory Hugh Rockoff; Part VII. Women in the Economy: 18. The changing economic role of women: a quantitative approach Claudia Goldin; Part VIII. The Great Depression: 19. Factors accounting for changes in the stock of money Milton Friedman and Anna Schwarz; 20. The fall in the demand for money Peter Temin; Appendix: basics of regression; Glossary.