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Economics and the Historian /

These essays provide a thorough introduction to economics for historians. The authors, all eminent scholars, show how to use economic thinking, economic models, and economic methods to enrich historical research. They examine such vital issues as long-term trends, institutions, labor-including an en...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rawski, Thomas G., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1996.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:These essays provide a thorough introduction to economics for historians. The authors, all eminent scholars, show how to use economic thinking, economic models, and economic methods to enrich historical research. They examine such vital issues as long-term trends, institutions, labor-including an engaging dialogue between a labor historian and a labor economist-international affairs, and money and banking. Scholars and teachers of history will welcome this volume as an introduction and guide to economics, a springboard for their own research, and a lively and provocative source of collateral r.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9780520910867