Markets in History

Economic Studies of the Past
Herausgeber: Galenson, David W.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Markets in History leading economic historians present the results of their research on the scope of markets in economies past and present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9780521359870
• ISBN-10: 0521359872
• Artikelnr.: 24977953

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction: The economies of historical economics Theodore W.
Schultz; 1. The open fields of England: rent, risk and the rate of
interest, 1300-1815 Donald N. McCloskey; 2. Labour market behaviour in
colonial America: servitude, slavery and free labour David W. Galenson; 3.
Productivity in American whaling: the New Bedford fleet in the nineteenth
century Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman and Teresa D. Hutchins; 4.
Households on the American frontier: the distribution of income and wealth
in Utah, 1850-1900 Clayne L. Pope; 5. Businessmen, the Raj and the pattern
of government expenditure: the British Empire, 1860-1912 Lance E. Davis and
Robert A. Huttenback; 6. The impact of the economy and the state on the
economic status of blacks: a study of South Carolina Richard J. Butler,
James J. Heckman and Brook Payner; Contributors; Index.