Historical Perspectives on the American Economy: Selected Readings

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521466482
• ISBN13: 9780521466486
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Different looks at Economic History

If you have ever wondered how the American economy historically ahs developed this book provides some of the answers. There are better economic histories out there but this puts together a very good collection of essays from different points at the American economy. It focuses on agriculture via the slave trade and northern farmers, early industrialization and finally the rise of industrialization. This book ends with some interesting analysis on the stock market crash and the recession that led to the great depression. Overall it makes for an interesting read and was used as a textbook for a class on American Economic History. This is not a book for beginners and it does have some econometrics in it so it does require at least a cursory knowledge of statistics to be helpful.