The volume includes six papers in quantitative economic history. Peter Mancall, Josh Rosenbloom, and Tom Weiss consider growth in colonial North America, while Gary Richardson examines the role of bank failures in propagating the Great Depression. John Komlos examines the heights of rich and poor youth in England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Klas Fregert and Roger Gustafson provide a synoptic view of public finances in Sweden from the eighteenth through the twentieth century. Drew Keeling studies the economics of the steamship industry that facilitated migration between Europe and the United States between 1900 and 1914. Finally, Gregg Huff and Giovanni Caggiano examine the integration of labor markets in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It includes original articles written by experts on the subjects and articles supported by quantitative data.
| ISBN: | 9780762313709 |
| Publication date: | 6th December 2007 |
| Author: | Alexander J Field, Gregory Clark, William Andrew Sundstrom |
| Publisher: | JAI Press an imprint of Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 362 pages |
| Series: | Research in Economic History |
| Genres: |
Economic history |
The volume includes six papers in quantitative economic history. Peter Mancall, Josh Rosenbloom, and Tom Weiss consider growth in colonial North America, while Gary Richardson examines the role of bank failures in propagating the Great Depression. John Komlos examines the heights of rich and poor youth in England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Klas Fregert and Roger Gustafson provide a synoptic view of public finances in Sweden from the eighteenth through the twentieth century. Drew Keeling studies the economics of the steamship industry that facilitated migration between Europe and the United States between 1900 and 1914. Finally, Gregg Huff and Giovanni Caggiano examine the integration of labor markets in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It includes original articles written by experts on the subjects and articles supported by quantitative data.
Research in Economic History. Vol. 25 features in the following genres: Economic history
Research in Economic History. Vol. 25 is available in Hardback
Research in Economic History. Vol. 25 was written by Alexander J Field, Gregory Clark, William Andrew Sundstrom and published by JAI Press an imprint of Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Research in Economic History. Vol. 25 has 362 pages
Yes it is part of Research in Economic History series