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1 online resource (ix, 396 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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| Note |
"This volume contains the papers given at a conference held at the Cambridge Hilton in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 20-22 July 1990"--Acknowledgements. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cost and standard of living -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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Cost and standard of living. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865 -- Congresses.
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1865 |
| Subject |
United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1899 |
| Indexed Term |
Economic conditions History, 1607-1861 |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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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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| Added Author |
Gallman, Robert E.
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Wallis, John Joseph.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: American economic growth and standards of living before the Civil War. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992 (DLC) 92027972 |
| ISBN |
0226279472 (electronic book) |
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9780226279473 (electronic book) |
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0226279456 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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9780226279459 |
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9780226279473 |
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