Economics and the Historian (eBook)

Susan B. Carter, Jon S. Cohen, Stephen Cullenberg, Thomas G. Rawski, Richard Sutch (Autoren)

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1996
304 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-91086-7 (ISBN)

Infos

These essays provide a thorough introduction to economics for historians. The authors, all eminent scholars, show how to use economic thinking, economic models, and economic methods to enrich historical research. They examine such vital issues as long-term trends, institutions, labor-including an engaging dialogue between a labor historian and a labor economist-international affairs, and money and banking. Scholars and teachers of history will welcome this volume as an introduction and guide to economics, a springboard for their own research, and a lively and provocative source of collateral reading for students at every level.The combined research experience of these authors encompasses many varieties of economics and covers a kaleidoscopic array of nations, subjects, and time periods. All are expert in presenting the insights and complexities of economics to nonspecialist audiences.

Inhalt

Economics and the HistorianIssues on the Study of Economic Trends
Institutions and Economic Analysis
Labor Economics and the Historian
The Economics of Choice: Neoclassical Supply and Demand
Macroeconomics: An Introduction for Historians
Money, Banking, and Inflation: An Introduction for Historians
International Economics and the Historian

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.4.1996
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: academic • Banking • Beginner • Beginners • business economics • College • easy to read • easy to understand • Economic History • economic models • Economics • economics class • economics for beginners • economics major • economics textbook • economy • essay anthology • essay collection • Finance • Historical • Introduction • Labor • labor economy • MONEY • Research • scholarly • Specialist
• ISBN-10: 0-520-91086-9 / 0520910869
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-91086-7 / 9780520910867