Research in economic history.  Vol. 20  [electronic resource]. 

 - Bingley, U.K. :  Emerald,  2001. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 301 p.). 
 - Research in economic history,  0363-3268  .
 - Research in economic history. .
<br/><br/>Introduction / Alexander J Field -- The global diffusion of the sewing machine, 1850-1914 / Andrew Godley -- Roosevelt, Warren, and the gold-buying program of 1933 / Scott Sumner -- Scattering as insurance : a robust explanation of open fields? / Cliff T. Bekar -- On the biological standard of living of eighteenth-century Americans : taller, richer, healthier / John Komlos -- Conflicting visions : the American Civil War as a revolutionary event / Roger L. Ransom, Richard Sutch -- The size of the U.S. armed forces during World War II : feasibility and war planning / Michael Edelstein -- Bankruptcy, debt, and the macroeconomy : 1919-1946 / Alexander J Field. 
<br/><br/> In the tradition of the new economic history, this collection includes seven carefully researched papers blending systematic empirical research with consideration of broader theoretical and analytical issues. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849501323 (electronic bk.) :  £74.95 ; €110.95 ; $133.95 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic history--Research.<br/>Economics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC28  / .R47 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.0723 
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>330.8