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Trends in the American Economy in the Nineteenth Century
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Published Date
January 1960
Copyright
1960
ISBN
0-87014-180-5
PUBLISHER
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Princeton University Press
Series
: Studies in Income and Wealth
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Table of Contents
Front matter, Trends in the American Economy in the Nineteenth Century
Author(s):
Introduction to "Trends in the American Economy in the Nineteenth Century"
Author(s):
William Parker
(p. 1-10)
Part I: Output Growth and Price Trends
Author(s):
(p. 11-12)
Chapter 1:
Commodity Output, 1839-1899
Author(s):
Robert E. Gallman
(p. 13-72)
Chapter 2:
Interregional Differences in Per Capita Income, Population, and Total Income, 1840-1950
Author(s):
Richard Easterlin
(p. 73-140)
Chapter 3:
Retail Prices after 1850
Author(s):
Ethel D. Hoover
(p. 141-190)
Chapter 4:
The Growth of Output Before 1840
Author(s):
William Parker
&
Franklee Whartenby
(p. 191-216)
Chapter 5:
Development of Canada's Economy, 1850-1900
Author(s):
O. J. Firestone
(p. 217-252)
Part II: Income Originating, by Sector
Author(s):
(p. 253-254)
Chapter 6:
Farm Gross Product and Gross Investment in the Nineteenth Century
Author(s):
Marvin Towne
&
Wayne Rasmussen
(p. 255-316)
Chapter 7:
Income Originating in Trade, 1799-1869
Author(s):
Theodore F. Marburg
(p. 317-326)
Chapter 8:
Income Originating in Trade, 1869-1929
Author(s):
Harold Barger
(p. 327-362)
Part III: Factor Payments
Author(s):
(p. 363-364)
Chapter 9:
Factor Shares, 1850-1910
Author(s):
Edward C. Budd
(p. 365-406)
Chapter 10:
Gross Dividend and Interest Payments by Corporations at Selected Dates in the 19th Century
Author(s):
Anna J. Schwartz
(p. 407-448)
Chapter 11:
Wage Trends, 1800-1900
Author(s):
Stanley Lebergott
(p. 449-500)
Part IV: Investment
Author(s):
(p. 501-502)
Chapter 12:
Railroad Investment Before the Civil War
Author(s):
E. R. Wicker
(p. 503-546)
Chapter 13:
Canal Investment, 1815-1860
Author(s):
H. Jerome Cranmer
(p. 547-570)
Part V: Balance of Payments
Author(s):
(p. 571-572)
Chapter 14:
The United States Balance of Payments, 1790-1860
Author(s):
Douglass North
(p. 573-628)
Chapter 15:
The United States Balance of Payments, 1861-1900
Author(s):
Matthew Simon
(p. 629-716)
Chapter 16:
Canadian Balance of Payments since 1868
Author(s):
Penelope Hartland
(p. 717-756)
Chapter 17:
Canada's External Trade and Net Foreign Balance, 1851-1900
Author(s):
O. J. Firestone
(p. 757-771)
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