LEADER 03898nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910458349203321 005 20210603022601.0 010 $a1-281-22349-2 010 $a9786611223496 010 $a0-226-27947-2 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226279473 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403299 035 $a(EBL)408179 035 $a(OCoLC)437247551 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102033 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128366 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102033 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10042568 035 $a(PQKB)10501378 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408179 035 $a(DE-B1597)535785 035 $a(OCoLC)1135592015 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226279473 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408179 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10216922 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL122349 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403299 100 $a19920709d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAmerican economic growth and standards of living before the Civil War$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Robert E. Gallman and John Joseph Wallis 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1992 215 $a1 online resource (410 p.) 225 1 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research conference report 300 $a"This volume contains the papers given at a conference held at the Cambridge Hilton in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 20-22 July 1990"--Acknowledgements. 311 0 $a0-226-27945-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. U. S. Labor Force Estimates and Economic Growth, 1800-1860 --$t2. American Economic Growth before the Civil War: The Testimony of the Capital Stock Estimates --$t3. Inequalities in the Standard of Living in the United States, 1798-1875 --$t4. Wages and Prices during the Antebellum Period: A Survey and New Evidence --$t5. Consumer Behavior, Diet , and the Standard of Living in Late Colonial and Early Antebellum America, 1770-1840 --$t6. Stature and Living Standards in the United States --$t7. The Productivity Consequences of Market Integration: Agriculture in Massachusetts, 177 1-1 801 --$t8. Invention, Innovation, and Manufacturing Productivity Growth in the Antebellum Northeast --$tContributors --$tAuthor Index --$tSubject Index 330 $aThis benchmark volume addresses the debate over the effects of early industrialization on standards of living during the decades before the Civil War. Its contributors demonstrate that the aggregate antebellum economy was growing faster than any other large economy had grown before. Despite the dramatic economic growth and rise in income levels, questions remain as to the general quality of life during this era. Was the improvement in income widely shared? How did economic growth affect the nature of work? Did higher levels of income lead to improved health and longevity? The authors address these questions by analyzing new estimates of labor force participation, real wages, and productivity, as well as of the distribution of income, height, and nutrition. 410 0$aConference report (National Bureau of Economic Research) 606 $aCost and standard of living$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$yTo 1865$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCost and standard of living$xHistory 676 $a338.973 676 $a339.4/7/0973 676 $a339.470973 701 $aGallman$b Robert E$0140609 701 $aWallis$b John Joseph$0438190 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458349203321 996 $aAmerican economic growth and standards of living before the Civil War$91913421 997 $aUNINA