{"product_id":"late-nineteenth-century-american-development-a-general-equilibrium-history-paperback-9780521088510","title":"Late Nineteenth-Century American Development; A General Equilibrium History (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521088510","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLate Nineteenth-Century American Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA General Equilibrium History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn economist's attempt to interpret a critical period of US history, from Civil War to World War I.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey G. Williamson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521088510, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 October 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.2 x 15.6 x 2.1 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLate Nineteenth-Century American Development is an economist's attempt to interpret a critical period of US history, from Civil War to World War I.  The questions raised have always been at the heart of American historiography. What accounts for the retardation up to the turn of the century? How did capital markets operate and what was their influence on the pace and pattern of our growth? What determined farm performance and what impact did that performance have on the economy as a whole? Yet while the questions raised in this book are familiar, the methods are not. This book blends traditional historical analysis with general equilibrium theory, modern macroeconomics and simulation analysis. The result is a provocative book of remarkable scope which offers a fresh interpretation of late nineteenth-century American growth.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Issues: 1. Late nineteenth-century American development: the issues\u003cbr\u003e 2. Counterfactual history\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Framework: 3. A model of late nineteenth-century American regional growth\u003cbr\u003e 4. American economic history rewritten: fact or fiction?\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Lessons of History: 5. The Great Depression, 1870–96\u003cbr\u003e 6. Financial intermediation, capital immobilities, and economic growth\u003cbr\u003e 7. Farmers' discontent and agricultural performance: facts, issues and an agenda\u003cbr\u003e 8. Elements of agricultural performance: land expansion and productivity growth\u003cbr\u003e 9. Transportation and American development during the Gilded Age: 1870–90\u003cbr\u003e 10. Exports, world markets and American development\u003cbr\u003e 11. Immigration and American growth\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Facts of History: Appendix A: parameter estimation\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: the simulation in detail\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C: data underlying the analysis of American immigration\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46297209471256,"sku":"9780521088510","price":34.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/late-nineteenth-century-american-development-a-general-equilibrium-history-paperback-9780521088510","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}