| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Oxford handbooks online |
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Oxford handbooks online.
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| Contents |
Housing in American Economic History / Kenneth Snowden -- Innovation and Patents in American Economic History / Petra Moser -- Transportation in American Economic History / Jeremy Atack -- The New Deal in American Economic History / Price V. Fishback -- Welfare Policy: The Public Safety Net in American Economic History / Price V. Fishback -- The Record of Economic Growth, Business Cycles, and Economic Policies in American Economic History / Lee Ohanian -- The Environment in American Economic History / Karen Clay -- Property Rights in American Economic History / Gary Libecap -- Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 / Leah Boustan -- The Civil War in American Economic History / Roger Ransom -- Trade Policy in American Economic History / Doug Irwin -- Professional Team Sports in American Economic History / Stanley L. Engerman -- Antitrust and Regulation in American Economic History / Brooks Kaiser -- Government and Fiscal Policy in American Economic History / John Joseph Wallis -- Two World Wars in American Economic History / Price V. Fishback, Taylor A. Jaworski -- Banking and Monetary Policy in American Economic History up to the Formation of the Federal Reserve / Gary Richardson -- Banking and Monetary Policy in American Economic History from the Formation of the Federal Reserve / Peter Rousseau -- Energy in American Economic History / Carl Kitchens -- The U.S. Constitution in American Economic History / Robert McGuire |
| Summary |
Capturing the main research areas in the field of American Economic History, this handbook consists of 37 chapters divided into five sections. Topics covered include: population and health, demographic research including disease and sanitation, immigration, and health policy research; production and structural change, agriculture, manufacturing, and services, how business has been organized over time and how executives have been compensated; factors of production, questions of labor (and retirement), capital, and natural resources; technology and urbanization, innovation and patenting, technology, and energy, urbanization, housing, and professional team sports; government and economic policy, macroeconomic policy (monetary, fiscal, and trade) and microeconomic policy (property rights, antitrust and regulation, and welfare) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital cover (viewed on February 22, 2019) |
| Subject |
Economic history
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140020
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cain, Louis P., editor.
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Fishback, Price Van Meter, editor.
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Rhode, Paul Webb, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780190937072 |
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0190937076 |
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9780190059798 |
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0190059796 |
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