Economic evolution and revolution in historical time / edited by Paul W. Rhode, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, and David F. Weiman.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance, |
| Description | xx, 461 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Rhode, Paul Webb. |
| Other author/creator | Rosenbloom, Joshua L. |
| Other author/creator | Weiman, David F. |
| Other author/creator | Stanford 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 note | Papers originally presented at a conference sponsored by Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and held Sept. 26-27, 2008. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010033458 |
| ISBN | 9780804771856 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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