A Bibliography of Historical Economics to 1980
A Bibliography of Historical Economics to 1980

Author: Deirdre N. McCloskey

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9780521403276

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Historians and economists will find here what their fields have in common - the movement since the 1950s known variously as 'cliometrics', 'economic history', or 'historical economics'. A leading figure in the movement, Donald McCloskey, has compiled, with the help of George Hersh and a panel of distinguished advisors, a highly comprehensive bibliography of historical economics covering the period up until 1980. The book will be useful to all economic historians, as well as quantitative historians, applied economists, historical demographers, business historians, national income accountants, and social historians.

New England Textiles in the Nineteenth Century
New England Textiles in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Paul F. McGouldrick

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780674614000

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This unique study determines, by means of rigorous quantitative analysis, how cycles in New England cotton textile profits, output, borrowing, and capacity affected investment--and therefore industrial growth--during the nineteenth century. The firms studied were transitional forms between owner-managed companies and the modern corporation. From primary sources, Paul McGouldrick has constructed standardized balance sheets and income statements for each company year by year. A painstaking comparison with a much broader sample of companies shows that trends and cycles in profit rates for companies studied were typical of the industry.