Historical Perspectives on the American

The essays included here are the "best sellers" of American economic history, the articles and chapters that most frequently appear on the syllabi of American economic history courses. Introductions add context, provide critical questions about the arguments and evidence, indicate important subsequent works, and suggest additional readings. Also included are a glossary and an appendix that provide a clear, simple introduction to regression analysis, necessary for reading the increasingly technical "cliometric" articles in the field.

Introduction: 1. Editors' introduction
2. Does the past have useful economics? Donald McCloskey
Part I. Colonial and Early National Economy: 3. An economic interpretation of the American Revolution Mark Egnal and Joseph Ernst
4. The market and Massachusetts farmers 1750-1855 Winifred Rothenberg
Part III. Slavery and Servitude: 5. The rise and fall of indentured servitude in the Americas: an economic analysis David Galenson
6. The anatomy of exploitation Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman
7. Slavery: the progressive institution?Paul David and Peter Temin
8. Explaining the relative efficiency of slave agriculture in the antebellum South Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman
Part IV. The South Since the Civil War: 9. The trap of debt peonage Roger Ranso and Richard Sutch
10. The economic revolution in the American South Gavin Wright
Part V. The Rise of American Industrial Might: 11. The railroads: the first modern business enterprises, 1850s-1860s Alfed Chandler
12. Notes on the social savings controversy Robert Fogel
13. Industrial structure and the emergence of the modern industrial corporation Jeremy Atack
14. The origins of American industrial success, 1879-1940Gavin Wright
15. Federal policy, banking market structure, and capital mobilization in the United States, 1863-1913 Richard Sylla
Part VI. Populism and Postbellum Banking: 16. A reappraisal of the causes of farm protest in the United States, 1870-1900 Anne Mayhew
17. The 'Wizard of Oz' as a monetary allegory Hugh Rockoff
Part VII. Women in the Economy: 18. The changing economic role of women: a quantitative approach Claudia Goldin
Part VIII. The Great Depression: 19. Factors accounting for changes in the stock of money Milton Friedman and Anna Schwarz
20. The fall in the demand for money Peter Temin
Appendix: basics of regression
Glossary.

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Historical Perspectives on the American Economy: Selected Readings

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