Historical Perspectives on the American Economy Selected Readings [Paperback]

This book is a student reader of the key topics in American economic history.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. Also included are a glossary and an appendix that provide a clear, simple introduction to regressional analysis.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. Also included are a glossary and an appendix that provide a clear, simple introduction to regressional analysis.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 17501855 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 ecls€