A Bibliography of Historical Economics to 1980

Donald McCloskey, with George Hersh and a panel of distinguished advisors, has compiled a highly comprehensive bibliography of historical economics.

Donald N. McCloskey (Edited by), George K. Hersh, Jr (Edited by)

9780521403276, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 22 February 1991

522 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.83 kg

"McCloskey and Hersh have produced a useful guide to the literature, and one that meets their stated objective of providing a 'usefully coherent' book which could serve 'as a starting point for further research and as a reminder for reading lists.'" Joshua L. Rosenbloom, Journal of Economic History

Historians and economists will find here what their fields have in common - the movement since the 1950s known variously as 'cliometrics', 'economic history', or 'historical economics'. A leading figure in the movement, Donald McCloskey, has compiled, with the help of George Hersh and a panel of distinguished advisors, a highly comprehensive bibliography of historical economics covering the period up until 1980. The book will be useful to all economic historians, as well as quantitative historians, applied economists, historical demographers, business historians, national income accountants, and social historians.

Introduction
1. Collections, textbooks, and sources
2. Method
3. Demography
4. National accounts
5. Economic growth
6. Transportation
7. Commodity production and industrial organization
8. Services and consumer demand
9. Agriculture
10. International finance and investment
11. Financial markets
12. Price indices, inflation, and the money supply
13. Foreign trade
14. Technology
15. Labor supply
16. Regional and urban studies
17. Government and politics
Alphabetical listings.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ], Economic theory & philosophy [KCA]