Papers originally presented at a conference sponsored by Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and held Sept. 26-27, 2008. 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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.