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Strategic Factors in Nineteenth Century American Economic History : a Volume to Honor Robert W. Fogel.

Offering new research on strategic factors in the development of the nineteenth century American economylabor, capital, and political structurethe contributors to this volume employ a methodology innovated by Robert W. Fogel, one of the leading pioneers of the "new economic history." Fogel...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goldin, Claudia
Otros Autores: Rockoff, Hugh
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992.
Colección:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Sumario:Offering new research on strategic factors in the development of the nineteenth century American economylabor, capital, and political structurethe contributors to this volume employ a methodology innovated by Robert W. Fogel, one of the leading pioneers of the "new economic history." Fogel's work is distinguished by the application of economic theory and large-scale quantitative evidence to long-standing historical questions. These sixteen essays reveal, by example, the continuing vitality of Fogel's approach. The authors use an astonishing variety of data, including genealogies, t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (504 pages)
ISBN:9780226301358
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