"Cultural transmission arguably plays an important role in the determination of many fundamental preference traits (e.g., discounting, risk aversion and altruism) and most cultural traits, social norms, and ideological tenets ( e.g., attitudes towards family and fertility practices, and...

Front Cover -- The Handbook of Historical Economics -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Merger or acquisition? An introduction to The Handbook of Historical Economics -- 1 Historical Economics -- 2 Sources, methods, models, topics -- 2.1 Part 1: The evolution of the discipline --...