List of contributors

Volume One

Introduction
Louis P. Cain, Price V. Fishback, and Paul W. Rhode

Part One: Population and Health

1. Demography in American Economic History
Michael R. Haines

2. Health, Disease, and Sanitation in American Economic History
Hoyt Bleakley, Louis P. Cain, and Sok Chul Hong

3. US Fertility Rates and Childbearing, 1800 to 2010
Martha J. Bailey and Brad J. Hershbein

4. Immigration in American Economic History
Joseph P. Ferrie

5. Anthropometric History in American Economy
Richard H. Steckel

6. Health Policy in American Economic History
Melissa A. Thomasson

Part Two: Production and Structural Change

7. Agriculture in American Economic History
Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode

8. Growth and Structural Change in American Manufacturing
Changkeun Lee and Paul W. Rhode

9. Manufacturing Productivity Growth and American Economic History
Alexander J. Field

10. Services in American Economic History
Stephen Broadberry, Louis P. Cain, and Thomas Weiss

11. Business Organization in American Economic History
Eric Hilt

12. Executive Compensation in American Economic History
Carola Frydman

Part Three: Factors of Production

13. The Labor Force in American Economic History
Robert A. Margo

14. Labor Market Institutions in the Gilded Age of American Economic History
Suresh Naidu and Noam Yuchtman

15. Retirement and Pensions in American Economic History
Robert L. Clark and Lee A. Craig

16. Income, Capital, and American Growth
Paul W. Rhode

17. Education and Human Capital in American Economic History
John M. Parman

18. Natural Resources and American Economic History
Gavin Wright

Volume Two

Part Four: Technology and Urbanization

19. Innovation and Patents in American Economic History
Petra Moser

20. Transportation in American Economic History
Jeremy Atack

21. Energy in American Economic History
Rowena Gray and Carl Kitchens

22. Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000
Leah Boustan, Devin Bunten, and Owen Hearey

23. Housing in American Economic History
Daniel Fetter, Jonathan Rose, Kenneth Snowden

24. Professional Team Sports in American Economic History
Stanley L. Engerman

Part Five: Government and Economic Policy

25. The U.S. Constitution in American Economic History
Robert A. McGuire

26. Property Rights in American Economic History
Gary D. Libecap

27. Government and Fiscal Policy in American Economic History
John Joseph Wallis

28. The Record of Economic Growth, Business Cycles, and Economic Policies in American Economic History
Lee E. Ohanian

29. Banking and Monetary Policy up to the Formation of the Federal Reserve
Matthew Jaremski and Peter L. Rousseau

30. Banking and Monetary Policy in American Economic History from the Formation of the Federal Reserve
Robert L. Hetzel and Gary Richardson

31. Trade Policy in American Economic History
Douglas A. Irwin

32. Antitrust and Regulation in American Economic History
Brooks Kaiser

33. The Environment in American Economic History
Karen Clay

34. The Civil War in American Economic History
Roger L. Ransom

35. Two World Wars in American Economic History
Taylor Jaworski and Price V. Fishback

36. The New Deal in American Economic History
Price V. Fishback

37. Welfare Policy: The Public Safety Net in American Economic History Samuel K. Allen, Price V. Fishback, Jonathan Fox, and Brendan Livingston