Postal Data Analysis and US Economic History in the 19th Century

This book uses the published compensation of US postmasters to find the revenues of each post office through most of the nineteenth century, providing a proxy for economic activity in the area served by each post office for every two-year period. This disaggregated, high-frequency measure of economic activity makes it possible to see, for example, the impact of railway construction on economic activity or the way in which business cycles differed across regions. Data on postmasters and their compensation also provide insight into social mobility and status, with emphasis on female and African American postmasters and on the transmission of postmaster positions within families.

Postal Data Analysis and US Economic History in the 19th Century features in the following genres: Economic history, Historical geography, History of the Americas

Postal Data Analysis and US Economic History in the 19th Century is available in Paperback

Postal Data Analysis and US Economic History in the 19th Century was written by Robert W Dimand, Michael OReilly, Emily Sanders, Thomas Velk, Mengyue Rebecca Zhao and published by Anthem Press

Postal Data Analysis and US Economic History in the 19th Century has 100 pages

Yes it is part of Anthem Impact series

£18.89