| Quantitative Economic History: The Good of Counting Contributor(s): Rosenbloom, Joshua L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415773490 ISBN-13: 9780415773492 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: These essays use the analytical tools and theoretical framework of economics to interpret quantitative historical evidence, offering new ways to approach historical issues and suggesting entirely new types of evidence outside conventional archives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - Business & Economics | Reference - General |
| Dewey: 330.9 |
| LCCN: 2007043218 |
| Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (0.95 lbs) 194 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this book use the analytical tools and theoretical framework of economics to interpret quantitative historical evidence, offering new ways to approach historical issues and suggesting entirely new types of evidence outside conventional archives. Rosenbloom has gathered together seven essays from leading quantitative economic historians, illustrating the breadth of scope and continued importance of quantitative economic history. All of the chapters explore in one way or another the economic and social transformations associated with the emergence of an industrial and post-industrial economy, with most focusing on the transformations of the US economy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the technological innovations that factored into this transformation and the relationship between industrialization and rising wealth inequality. |