| Description |
xx, 461 p. : ill. |
| 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 |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Economic history -- Congresses.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rhode, Paul Webb.
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Rosenbloom, Joshua L.
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Weiman, David F.
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Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780804771856 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780804777629 (electronic bk.) |
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