| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-278) and index. |
| Contents |
Economics and the historian / Thomas G. Rawski -- Issues in the study of economic trends / Thomas G. Rawski -- Institutions and economic analysis / Jon S. Cohen -- Labor economics and the historian / Susan B. Carter and Stephen Cullenberg -- Economics of choice : neoclassical supply and demand / Donald N. McCloskey -- Macroeconomics : an introduction for historians / Richard Sutch -- Money, banking, and inflation : an introduction for historians / Hugh Rockoff -- International economics and the historian / Peter H. Lindert. |
| Summary |
These essays provide a thorough introduction to economics for historians. The authors, all eminent scholars, show how to use economic thinking, economic models, and economic methods to enrich historical research. They examine such vital issues as long-term trends, institutions, labor-including an engaging dialogue between a labor historian and a labor economist-international affairs, and money and banking. Scholars and teachers of history will welcome this volume as an introduction and guide to economics, a springboard for their own research, and a lively and provocative source of collateral r. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economics -- Methodology.
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Economics -- Methodology. |
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Historiography.
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Historiography. |
| Indexed Term |
Economic history |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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| Added Author |
Rawski, Thomas G., 1943-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Economics and the historian. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1996 0520072685 (DLC) 94024931 (OCoLC)31436142 |
| ISBN |
9780520910867 (electronic book) |
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0520910869 (electronic book) |
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0585034419 (electronic book) |
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9780585034416 (electronic book) |
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9780520072688 (alkaline paper) |
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0520072685 (alkaline paper) |
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9780520072695 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520072693 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520072685 |
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0520072693 |
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1282356011 |
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9781282356016 |
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