ABSTRACT

This volume marks fifty years of an innovative approach to writing economic history often called "The Cliometrics Revolution." The book presents memoirs of personal development, intellectual lives and influences, new lines of historical research, long-standing debates, a growing international scholarly community, and the contingencies that guide an

part |8 pages

Part I: BEFORE THE NEW ECONOMIC HISTORY: North America

part |5 pages

Part II: BEFORE THE NEW ECONOMIC HISTORY: Great Britain

part |6 pages

Part III: NEW ECONOMIC HISTORIANS: The Elders

part |8 pages

Part IV: LA LOI LAFAYETTE: Cliometrics at Purdue

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Part V: THE EXPATRIATES

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Part VI: FROM THE WORKSHOP OF SIMON KUZNETS, ECONOMIST

part |8 pages

Part VII: FROM THE WORKSHOP OF ALEXANDER GERSCHENKRON, ECONOMIC HISTORIAN

chapter |16 pages

Peter Temin, interviewed by John C. Brown

chapter |2 pages

ABBREVIATIONS

chapter |38 pages

REFERENCES

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CREDITS

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CONTRIBUTORS