TY - BOOK AU - Clark,Gregory AU - Sundstrom,William Andrew AU - Field,Alexander J. TI - Research in economic history T2 - Research in economic history, SN - 9781849501323 (electronic bk.) : AV - HC28 .R47 2001 U1 - 330.0723 22 PY - 2001/// CY - Bingley, U.K. PB - Emerald KW - Economic history KW - Research KW - Economics N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1016/S0363-3268(2001)20 ER -