05004nam 2200685 450 991046061460332120200909225244.01-78441-781-5(CKB)3710000000410179(EBL)2054909(SSID)ssj0001540477(PQKBManifestationID)11906685(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001540477(PQKBWorkID)11533922(PQKB)10103570(MiAaPQ)EBC2054909(Au-PeEL)EBL2054909(CaPaEBR)ebr11055518(CaONFJC)MIL784699(OCoLC)913843019(EXLCZ)99371000000041017920150527h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrResearch in economic history /edited by Christopher Hanes, Susan Wolcott ; contributors, Jessica S. Bean [and seven others]First edition.Bingley, England :Emerald,2015.©20151 online resource (272 p.)Research in Economic History,0363-3268 ;Volume 31"Emerald Books"--Cover.1-78441-782-3 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.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 AdjustmentsNew 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 LoansVeterans' 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 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; ReferencesHow 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 CompromiseConclusions 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 ReportAppendix B: Classification of Trades IntoMore and Less Desirable CategoriesThe latest volume in the series Research of Economic History contains articles on the economic history of Europe and the U.S.Research in Economic HistoryEconomic historyStatisticsEconomic indicatorsElectronic books.Economic historyEconomic indicators.339.31021Hanes ChristopherWolcott Susan K.Bean Jessica S.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460614603321RESEARCH In economic history618360UNINA