Economic evolution and revolution in historical time

Economic evolution and revolution in historical time [electronic resource] / edited by Paul W. Rhode, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, and David F. Weiman. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance, 2011. - 1 online resource (xx, 461 p.) : ill.

Papers originally presented at a conference sponsored by Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and held Sept. 26-27, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Stanford tradition in economic history / Natural resources and economic outcomes / The institutionalization of science in Europe, 1650-1850 / The fundamental impact of the slave trade on African economies / Similar societies, different solutions: U.S. Indian policy in light of Australian policy toward aboriginal peoples / Financial market and industry structure: a comparison of the banking and textile industries in Boston and Philadelphia in the early nineteenth century / Railroads and the rise of the factory: evidence for the United States, 1850-1870 / Productivity growth and the regional dynamics of antebellum southern development / Banking on the periphery: the Cotton South, systemic seasonality, and the limits of national banking reform / Rural credit and mobility in India / Labor-market regimes in U.S. economic history / The political economy of progress: lessons from the causes and consequences of the New Deal / Teachers and tipping points: historical origins of the teacher quality crisis / Inequality and institutions in twentieth-century America / The unexpected long-run impact of the minimum wage: an educational cascade / America's first culinary revolution, or how a girl from Gopher Prairie came to dine on eggs foo yong / Gavin Wright -- Karen Clay -- George Grantham -- Warren C. Whatley and Rob Gillezeau -- Leonard A. Carlson -- Ta-Chen Wang -- Jeremy Atack, Michael Haines, and Robert A. Margo -- Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode -- Scott A. Redenius and David F. Weiman -- Susan Wolcott -- Joshua L. Rosenbloom and William A. Sundstrom -- Robert K. Fleck -- Stacey M. Jones -- Frank Levy and Peter Temin -- Richard Sutch -- Susan B. Carter.

9780804777629 (electronic bk.) 0804777624 (electronic bk.)


Economic history--Congresses.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Comparative
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History


United States--Economic conditions--19th century--Congresses.
United States--Economic conditions--20th century--Congresses.


Electronic books.

HC105 / .E35 2011eb

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