Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgments

pp vii-viii

Introduction to students

pp ix-x

Introduction to instructors

pp xi-xii

Contributors

pp xiii-xiv

I - Introduction

pp 1-2

1 - “Does the past have useful economics?”

pp 3-38

II - Colonial and early national economy

pp 39-41

2 - “An economic interpretation of the American Revolution”

pp 42-70

3 - “The market and Massachusetts farmers, 1750–1855”

pp 71-106

III - Slavery and servitude

pp 107-109

4 - “The rise and fall of indentured servitude in the Americas: An economic analysis”

pp 110-140

5 - “The anatomy of exploitation”

pp 141-176

6 - “Slavery: The progressive institution?”

pp 177-225

7 - “Explaining the relative efficiency of slave agriculture in the antebellum South”

pp 226-256

IV - The South since the Civil War

pp 257-259

8 - “The trap of debt peonage”

pp 260-292

9 - “The economic revolution in the American South”

pp 293-314

V - The rise of American industrial might

pp 315-316

10 - “The railroads: The first modern business enterprises, 1850s–1860s”

pp 317-365

11 - “Notes on the social saving controversy”

pp 366-427

12 - “Industrial structure and the emergence of the modern industrial corporation”

pp 428-454

13 - “The origins of American industrial success, 1879–1940”

pp 455-481

14 - “Federal policy, banking market structure, and capital mobilization in the United States, 1863–1913”

pp 482-508

VI - Populism

pp 509-510

15 - “A reappraisal of the causes of farm protest in the United States, 1870–1900”

pp 511-523

16 - “The ‘Wizard of Oz’ as a monetary allegory”

pp 524-546

VII - Women in the economy

pp 547-548

17 - “The changing economic role of women: A quantitative approach”

pp 549-572