Research in economic history / / edited by Christopher Hanes, Susan Wolcott ; contributors, Jessica S. Bean [and seven others]

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.31021
• Soggetto topico: Economic history; Economic indicators
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HanesChristopher; WolcottSusan K.; BeanJessica S.
• Note generali: "Emerald Books"--Cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The latest volume in the series Research of Economic History contains articles on the economic history of Europe and the U.S.
• Titolo autorizzato: RESEARCH In economic history
• ISBN: 1-78441-781-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460614603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in Economic History