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UNINA9910460614603321 |
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Titolo |
Research in economic history / / edited by Christopher Hanes, Susan Wolcott ; contributors, Jessica S. Bean [and seven others] |
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Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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Research in Economic History, , 0363-3268 ; ; Volume 31 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic history |
Economic indicators |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Research in Economic History; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editors' Introduction; Decline and Stagnation in the Arab World: Preliminary Real Wage Evidence Comparing Algeria, Egypt, Syria and Tunisia, 1847-1913; Introduction; Constructing Real Wages; Algerian Real Wages; Tunisian Real Wages; Robustness; Comparing Levels and Trends; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix; Tunisian Real Wages - Sources and Adjustments; Algerian Real Wages - Sources and Adjustments; Syrian Real Wages - Sources and Adjustments |
New Deal Funding: Estimates of Federal Grants and Loans across States by Year, 1930-1940 Introduction; Prior New Deal Datasets; Federal Spending in the States before the New Deal; Agricultural Programs in the 1920's; Federal Spending under the New Deal; Checking and Extending the OGR Expenditures Data; Civilian Conservation Corps; Public Works Administration; Works Progress Administration; Federal Emergency Relief Administration; Social Security Administration Public Assistance; Farm Security Administration Loans; Public Building Administration; Public Works Administration Loans |
Veterans' Bureau Spending U.S. Employment Service; Bureau of Reclamation; Rivers, Harbors, and Flood Control; Non-transfer Grants; Loans; Farm Credit Administration Loans; Values of Loans Prior to the |
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FCA that Match the FCA Mission; Calendar Year Estimates of Farm Credit Administration Loans; Commodity Credit Corporation Loans Left Out; Splitting the RFC Loans between Fiscal 1932 and Fiscal 1933; Adding Programs; Loans on World War I Adjusted Service Certificates and the Veterans' Bonus; Tennessee Valley Authority Spending; Final Remarks; Notes; Acknowledgments; References |
How Many Calories? Food Availability in England and Wales in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Introduction; Estimating Food Availability; Optimists and Pessimists; Land Under Cultivation; Yields Per Acre; Calories from Cereals and Pulses; Potatoes; An Eighteenth-Century Peak?; An Early-Nineteenth Century Peak?; Weights and Measures; A Mid-Nineteenth Century Peak?; Extraction Rates; Meat and Dairy Products; Imports and Exports; Irish Imports; Irish Grain Exports; Irish Meat and Dairy Exports; Irish Potatoes; Food Availability in a High-Wage Economy?; The Search for Compromise |
Conclusions Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix; "Not Much Use in Disliking it": The Work and Wages of Female Home Workers in London, 1897-1908; Introduction; Female Labor Supply in Theoretical and Historical Perspective; The Home Industries of Women in London Reports; The HIWL Data: Description and Analysis; 1897 Report; 1908 Report; Factory Work versus Home Work; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix A: Coding the Data Contained in the Home Industries of Women in London, 1897 and 1908 ; 1897 Report; 1908 Report |
Appendix B: Classification of Trades IntoMore and Less Desirable Categories |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The latest volume in the series Research of Economic History contains articles on the economic history of Europe and the U.S. |
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