The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Volume 2: The Long Nineteenth Century

Cambridge Economic History of the United States #2

by Stanley L. Engerman (Editor), Robert E. Gallman (Editor)

Volume 2 surveys the economic history of the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean during the nineteenth century. Five main themes frame the economic changes described in the volume: the migration of labor and capital from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas; westward expansion; slavery and its aftermath; the process of industrialization; and the social consequences of economic growth that led to fundamental changes in the role of government. Other topics include inequality, population, labor, agriculture, entrepreneurship, transportation, banking and finance, business law, and international trade.

Genres: History, Economics, Nonfiction

1008 pages, Hardcover

First published August 28, 2000

About the author

Stanley L. Engerman is Professor Emeritus at the University of Rochester, New York and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Massachusetts. Among his books are Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery (with Robert William Fogel, 1974), Slavery, Emancipation, and Freedom: Comparative Perspectives (2007), and Economic Development in the Americas since 1500: Endowments and Institutions (with Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Cambridge, 2011).