This collection of twelve essays is based on the premise that a better understanding of the economic development process can be gained by studying the history of those countries that have experienced long-term economic success, in this case the United States during the nineteenth century - that...

Economic growth before 1860 : revised conjectures / Thomas Weiss -- U.S. financial markets and long-term economic growth, 1790-1989 / Richard Sylla, Jack W. Wilson, and Charles P. Jones -- U.S. migration, 1850-59 / Donald Schaefer -- Economic history and economic development : an American...

The nineteenth century was a period of expansion and transformation of American agriculture. While much is known about the process, the exact pace and timing of agricultural productivity change is still unresolved. The traditional view is one of continued progress in which output and...