| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 396 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
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Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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| Contents |
U.S. labor force estimates and economic growth, 1800-1860 / Thomas Weiss. Comment / Claudia Goldin -- American economic growth before the Civil War : the testimony of the capital stock estimates / Robert E. Gallman. Comment / Stanley L. Engerman -- Inequalities in the standard of living in the United States, 1798-1875 / Lee Soltow. Comment / Clayne L. Pope -- Wages and prices during the antebellum period : a survey and new evidence / Robert A. Margo. Comment / Jeffrey G. Williamson -- Consumer behavior, diet, and the standard of living in late colonial and early antebellum America, 1770-1840 / Lorena S. Walsh. Comment / Gloria L. Main -- Stature and living standards in the United States / Richard H. Steckel. Comment / Carole Shammas |
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The productivity consequences of market integration : agriculture in Massachusetts, 1771-1801 / Winifred B. Rothenberg. Comment / Jeremy Atack -- Invention, innovation, and manufacturing productivity growth in the antebellum Northeast / Kenneth L. Sokoloff. Comment / Jeremy Atack |
| Analysis |
Economic conditions History, 1607-1861 |
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United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cost and standard of living -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
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Cost and standard of living
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Economic history
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Economische groei.
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Levensstandaard.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865 -- Congresses
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gallman, Robert E.
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Wallis, John Joseph.
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| ISBN |
0226279472 |
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9780226279473 |
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