The Economic Basis for Agrarian Protest Movements in the United States, 1870-1900
Author: Robert Klepper
Publisher:
Published: 1978-10
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780405110412
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The Republic for which it Stands
Author: Richard White
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 964
ISBN-13: 0199735816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe newest volume in the Oxford History of the United States series, The Republic for Which It Stands argues that the Gilded Age, along with Reconstruction--its conflicts, rapid and disorienting change, hopes and fears--formed the template of American modernity.
Strategic Factors in Nineteenth Century American Economic History
Author: Claudia Goldin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13: 0226301354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffering new research on strategic factors in the development of the nineteenth century American economy—labor, capital, and political structure—the contributors to this volume employ a methodology innovated by Robert W. Fogel, one of the leading pioneers of the "new economic history." Fogel's work is distinguished by the application of economic theory and large-scale quantitative evidence to long-standing historical questions. These sixteen essays reveal, by example, the continuing vitality of Fogel's approach. The authors use an astonishing variety of data, including genealogies, the U.S. federal population census manuscripts, manumission and probate records, firm accounts, farmers' account books, and slave narratives, to address collectively market integration and its impact on the lives of Americans. The evolution of markets in agricultural and manufacturing labor is considered first; that concerning capital and credit follows. The demography of free and slave populations is the subject of the third section, and the final group of papers examines the extra-market institutions of governments and unions.
Technology, the Economy, and Society
Author: Joel Colton
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1987-06-16
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780231515672
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A Bibliography of Historical Economics to 1980
Author: Deirdre N. McCloskey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780521403276
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistorians 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.
Quantitive Studies in Agarian Hist
Author: Morton Rothstein
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 2002-09
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781557532763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese essays were prepared for a conference held in Tallinn, Ethiopia, under the auspices of teh Soviet Academy of Sciences, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the International Research and Exchanges Board.
Research in Economic History
Author: Christopher Hanes
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2019-08-26
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1789733057
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this new volume of Research in Economic History, editors Christopher Hanes and Susan Wolcott bring together a cast of expert contributors to vigorously interrogate and analyze historic economics questions, looking across the political economy of the US, European history, and longstanding economic debates.
The Causes and Consequences of Antitrust
Author: Fred S. McChesney
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1995-03-15
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780226556345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy has antitrust legislation not lived up to its promise of promoting free-market competition and protecting consumers? Assessing 100 years of antitrust policy in the United States, this book shows that while the antitrust laws claim to serve the public good, they are as vulnerable to the influence of special interest groups as are agricultural, welfare, or health care policies. Presenting classic studies and new empirical research, the authors explain how antitrust caters to self-serving business interests at the expense of the consumer. The contributors are Peter Asch, George Bittlingmayer, Donald J. Boudreaux, Malcolm B. Coate, Louis De Alessi, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, B. Epsen Eckbo, Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Roger L. Faith, Richard S. Higgins, William E. Kovacic, Donald R. Leavens, William F. Long, Fred S. McChesney, Mike McDonald, Stephen Parker, Richard A. Posner, Paul H. Rubin, Richard Schramm, Joseph J. Seneca, William F. Shughart II, Jon Silverman, George J. Stigler, Robert D. Tollison, Charlie M. Weir, Peggy Wier, and Bruce Yandle.
The Populist Vision
Author: Charles Postel
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 660
ISBN-13: 0195384717
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Sowing the American Dream
Author: David Blanke
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 0821413473
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom 1840 to 1900, midwestern Americans experienced firsthand the profound economic, cultural, and structural changes that transformed the nation from a premodern, agrarian state to one that was urban, industrial, and economically interdependent. Midwestern commercial farmers found themselves at the heart of these changes. Their actions and reactions led to the formation of a distinctive and particularly democratic consumer ethos, which is still being played out today. By focusing on the consumer behavior of midwestern farmers, Sowing the American Dream provides illustrative examples of how Americans came to terms with the economic and ideological changes that swirled around them. From the formation of the Grange to the advent of mail-order catalogs, the buying patterns of rural midwesterners set the stage for the coming century. Carefully documenting the rise and fall of the powerful purchasing cooperatives, David Blanke explains the shifting trends in collective consumerism, which ultimately resulted in a significant change in the way that midwestern consumers pursued their own regional identity, community, and independence.
