Introduction: 1. Editors' introduction; 2. Does the past have useful
economics? Donald McCloskey; Part I. Colonial and Early National Economy:
3. An economic interpretation of the American Revolution Mark Egnal and
Joseph Ernst; 4. The market and Massachusetts farmers 1750-1855 Winifred
Rothenberg; Part III. Slavery and Servitude: 5. The rise and fall of
indentured servitude in the Americas: an economic analysis David Galenson;
6. The anatomy of exploitation Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman; 7.
Slavery: the progressive institution? Paul David and Peter Temin; 8.
Explaining the relative efficiency of slave agriculture in the antebellum
South Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman; Part IV. The South Since the Civil
War: 9. The trap of debt peonage Roger Ranso and Richard Sutch; 10. The
economic revolution in the American South Gavin Wright; Part V. The Rise of
American Industrial Might: 11. The railroads: the first modern business
enterprises, 1850s-1860s Alfed Chandler; 12. Notes on the social savings
controversy Robert Fogel; 13. Industrial structure and the emergence of the
modern industrial corporation Jeremy Atack; 14. The origins of American
industrial success, 1879-1940 Gavin Wright; 15. Federal policy, banking
market structure, and capital mobilization in the United States, 1863-1913
Richard Sylla; Part VI. Populism and Postbellum Banking: 16. A reappraisal
of the causes of farm protest in the United States, 1870-1900 Anne Mayhew;
17. The 'Wizard of Oz' as a monetary allegory Hugh Rockoff; Part VII. Women
in the Economy: 18. The changing economic role of women: a quantitative
approach Claudia Goldin; Part VIII. The Great Depression: 19. Factors
accounting for changes in the stock of money Milton Friedman and Anna
Schwarz; 20. The fall in the demand for money Peter Temin; Appendix: basics
of regression; Glossary.
