Markets in History Economic Studies of the Past

Name: Markets in History Economic Studies of the Past
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ISBN: 9780521359870

ISBN-10: 0521359872

ISBN-13: 9780521359870

Edition: 1989

Authors: David W. Galenson

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In Markets in History leading economic historians present the results of their research on the scope of markets in economies past and present.

Book details

List price: $40.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/26/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 372
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: The economies of historical economics




The open fields of England: rent, risk and the rate of interest, 1300-1815




Labour market behaviour in colonial America: servitude, slavery and free labour




Productivity in American whaling: the New Bedford fleet in the nineteenth century




Households on the American frontier: the distribution of income and wealth in Utah, 1850-1900




Businessmen, the Raj and the pattern of government expenditure: the British Empire, 1860-1912




The impact of the economy and the state on the economic status of blacks: a study of South Carolina



Contributors


Index.