1st Edition
Quantitative Economic History The good of counting
Edited By Joshua L. Rosenbloom
Copyright 2008
208 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
194 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
The essays in this book use the analytical tools and theoretical framework of economics to interpret quantitative historical evidence, offering new ways to approach historical issues and suggesting entirely new types of evidence outside conventional archives. Rosenbloom has gathered together seven essays from leading quantitative economic historians, illustrating the breadth of scope and continued... Read more
Contents, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Editor’s Introduction: The Good of Counting, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, 2. An Economic History of Bastardy in England and Wales, John Ermisch, 3. Epidemics, Demonstration Effects, and Municipal Investment in Sanitation Capital, Louis P. Cain and Elyce J. Rotella, 4. Profitability, Firm Size and Business Organization in Nineteenth Century U.S. Manufacturing, Jeremy Atack and Fred Bateman, 5. Railroads and Local Economic Development: The United States in the 1850s, Michael R. Haines and Robert A. Margo, 6. Did Refrigeration Kill the Hog-Corn Cycle?, Lee A. Craig and Matthew T. Holt, 7. Measuring the Intensity of State Labor Regulation During the Progressive Era, Rebecca Holmes, Price Fishback and Samuel Allen, 8. Reexamining the Distribution of Wealth in 1870, Joshua L. Rosenbloom and Gregory W. Stutes
Biography
Joshua Rosenbloom is Professor of Economics and Associate Vice Provast in Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Kansas.
"This collection of new essays by important economic historians deals with a broad range of scholarly questions and marks an important contribution to the study of American economic history." Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester, USA.
