The Newsletter of The Cliometric Society seeks to keep its members in touch with the research of their colleagues from around the world. The main focus of the newsletter is to summarize the proceedings of conferences covering topics of interest to cliometricians. These summaries include brief coverage of papers and discussions. The newsletter also features interviews with established cliometricians, conference announcements, and other items of interest to the membership.
The Newsletter of The Cliometric Society is published three times per year and distributed to all current members of the Society. Inquiries and contributions may be sent to:
Editor: Michael J. Haupert (haupert.mich@uwlax.edu), or
Managing Editor: Jean Bonde (bonde.jean@uwlax.edu)
Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
1725 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
Associate editors Mary Beth Combs (mcombs@fordham.edu) and Pamela Nickless (nickless@bulldog.unca.edu) can be contacted by email.
Cliometric Society
Undergraduate Economic History Paper Prizes
1995 Honorable
Mention paper, "Fiscal and Monetary Policy and
Inflation: The Confederate States 1861-1865" by Ari
Gerstle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1996
First Prize paper, "Differential Tolerances and
Accepted Punishments for Disobedient Indentured Servants
and Their Masters in Colonial Courts" by Melissa A.
Roe, Lafayette College.
1997
First Prize Paper, "White Flight: The Effect of
Minority Presence on Post-World War II Suburbanization"
by Eric Bickford, University of California-Berkeley.
1999
First Prize Paper, "Unemployment Relief Distribution
in the Bay Area During the Depression" by Charmaine
Go, University of California-Berkeley.
