Economic evolution and revolution in historical time / edited by Paul W. Rhode, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, and David F. Weiman.

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Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance,
Descriptionxx, 461 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Other author/creatorRhode, Paul Webb.
Other author/creatorRosenbloom, Joshua L.
Other author/creatorWeiman, David F.
Other author/creatorStanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
Contents The Stanford tradition in economic history / Gavin Wright -- Natural resources and economic outcomes / Karen Clay -- The institutionalization of science in Europe, 1650-1850 / George Grantham -- The fundamental impact of the slave trade on African economies / Warren C. Whatley and Rob Gillezeau -- Similar societies, different solutions : U.S. Indian policy in light of Australian policy toward aboriginal peoples / Leonard A. Carlson -- Financial market and industry structure : a comparison of the banking and textile industries in Boston and Philadelphia in the early nineteenth century / Ta-Chen Wang -- Railroads and the rise of the factory : evidence for the United States, 1850-1870 / Jeremy Atack, Michael Haines, and Robert A. Margo -- Productivity growth and the regional dynamics of antebellum southern development / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode -- Banking on the periphery : the Cotton South, systemic seasonality, and the limits of national banking reform / Scott A. Redenius and David F. Weiman -- Rural credit and mobility in India / Susan Wolcott -- Labor-market regimes in U.S. economic history / Joshua L. Rosenbloom and William A. Sundstrom -- The political economy of progress : lessons from the causes and consequences of the New Deal / Robert K. Fleck -- Teachers and tipping points : historical origins of the teacher quality crisis / Stacey M. Jones -- Inequality and institutions in twentieth-century America / Frank Levy and Peter Temin -- The unexpected long-run impact of the minimum wage : an educational cascade / Richard Sutch -- America's first culinary revolution, or how a girl from Gopher Prairie came to dine on eggs foo yong / Susan B. Carter.
General notePapers originally presented at a conference sponsored by Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and held Sept. 26-27, 2008.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2010033458
ISBN9780804771856 (cloth : alk. paper)

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