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Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860
Margo, Robert A.
Rosenbloom, Joshua L.
Macroeconomics and Fluctuations
19th Century
North America
Jun 30, 2000
The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America
Hoffman, Beatrix
Thomasson, Melissa A.
Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Jul 9, 2001
Wall Street to Main Street: Charles Merrill and Middle Class Investors
Perkins, Edwin J.
Mason, David L.
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Feb 20, 2000
Wall Street to Main Street: Charles Merrill and Middle-Class Investors
Perkins, Edwin J.
Snowden, Kenneth A.
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Sep 11, 2000
Walrasian Economics
Walker, Donald A.
Backhouse, Roger E.
History of Economic Thought; Methodology
20th Century: Pre WWII
Europe
Dec 17, 2006
War and Taxes
Bank, Steven A.
Stark, Kirk J.
Thorndike, Joseph J.
Brownlee, W. Elliot
Military and War
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
May 13, 2009
War and Taxes
Bank, Steven A.
Stark, Kirk J.
Thorndike, Joseph J.
Brownlee, W. Elliot
Military and War
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
May 13, 2009
War and Taxes
Bank, Steven A.
Stark, Kirk J.
Thorndike, Joseph J.
Brownlee, W. Elliot
Military and War
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
May 13, 2009
War and Welfare: Europe and the United States, 1945 to the Present
Klausen, Jytte
Coates, David
Economic Planning and Policy
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Sep 4, 2001
The War within World War II: The United States and International Cartels
Maddox, Robert Franklin
Barbezat, Daniel
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
May 20, 2002
War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900
Nye, John V.C.
Bannerman, Gordon
International and Domestic Trade and Relations
19th Century
Europe
Oct 14, 2007
Warhogs: A History of War Profits in America
Brandes, Stuart D.
Meulen, Jacob Vander
Markets and Institutions
General or Comparative
North America
Feb 16, 2000
Warriors into Workers: The Civil War and the Formation of Urban-Industrial Society in a Northern City
Johnson, Russell L.
Dupont, Brandon
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
19th Century
North America
Feb 13, 2004
Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935
Pisani, Donald J.
Hill, Peter J.
Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Oct 19, 2003
Water, Race, and Disease
Troesken, Werner
Brown, John C.
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
May 31, 2005
The Wealth of Ideas: A History of Economic Thought
Roncaglia, Alessandro
Rima, Ingrid H.
History of Economic Thought; Methodology
General or Comparative
General, International, or Comparative
Jun 27, 2006
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Are Some So Rich and Others So Poor
Landes, David S.
De Long, J. Bradford
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
General or Comparative
General, International, or Comparative
Apr 5, 1998
The Weather Channel: The Improbable Rise of a Media Phenomenon
Batten, Frank
Bates, Toby G.
Business History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Nov 11, 2002
Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression
Boomgaard, Peter
Brown, Ian
Drabble, John
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Jul 23, 2003
Weathering the Storm: The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s Depression
Boomgaard, Peter
Brown, Ian
Drabble, John
Urban and Regional History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Jul 23, 2003
The Weaver's Craft: Cloth, Commerce, and Industry in Early Pennsylvania
Hood, Adrienne D.
Inwood, Kris
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
19th Century
North America
Jun 30, 2005
Weimar: Die überforderte Republik, 1918-1933
Büttner, Ursula
Ferguson, Thomas
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Europe
Feb 22, 2011
Werner von Siemens: Inventor and International Entrepreneur
Feldenkirchen, Wilfried
Feldenkirchen, Wilfried
History of Technology, including Technological Change
19th Century
Europe
Nov 28, 1994
West German Industry and the Challenge of the Nazi Past, 1945-1955
Wiesen, S. Jonathan
Stallbaumer-Beishline, L. M.
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Europe
Jun 23, 2002
West Indian Slavery and British Abolition, 1783-1807
Ryden, David Beck
Walvin, James
Servitude and Slavery
19th Century
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Jan 19, 2010
Western Capitalism in China: A History of the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Thomas, W. A.
McElderry, Andrea
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: Pre WWII
Asia
Dec 11, 2001
Western Marxism and the Soviet Union: A Survey of Critical Theories and Debates since 1917
Linden, Marcel van der
Kragh, Martin
Markets and Institutions
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
General, International, or Comparative
Oct 8, 2007
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
Howe, Daniel Walker
Wahl, Jenny
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
19th Century
North America
Sep 21, 2008
When Sugar Ruled: Economy and Society in Northwestern Argentina, Tucumán, 1876-1916
Juarez-Dappe, Patricia
Johnson, Lyman L.
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extractive Industries
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
19th Century
20th Century: Pre WWII
Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean
Oct 8, 2010
When the Lights Went Out: A History of Blackouts in America
Nye, David E.
Neufeld, John
Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Mar 1, 2011
When the Potato Failed: Causes and Effects of the Last European Subsistence Crisis, 1845-1850
Gráda, Cormac Ó
Paping, Richard
Vanhaute, Eric
Cohn, Raymond L.
Historical Demography, including Migration
19th Century
Europe
Nov 28, 2007
When the Potato Failed: Causes and Effects of the Last European Subsistence Crisis, 1845-1850
Gráda, Cormac Ó
Paping, Richard
Vanhaute, Eric
Cohn, Raymond L.
Historical Demography, including Migration
19th Century
Europe
Nov 28, 2007
When the Potato Failed: Causes and Effects of the Last European Subsistence Crisis, 1845-1850
Gráda, Cormac Ó
Paping, Richard
Vanhaute, Eric
Cohn, Raymond L.
Historical Demography, including Migration
19th Century
Europe
Nov 28, 2007
When Washington Shut down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy
Silber, William L.
Moen, Jon
Military and War
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Jun 11, 2007
Where Is Our Responsibility? Unions and Economic Change in the New England Textile Industry, 1870-1960
Hartford, William F.
Mullin, Debbie
Labor and Employment History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Apr 9, 1997
The Whiskey Trade of the Northwestern Plains: A Multidisciplinary Study
Kennedy, Margaret A.
Swearingin, Steven D.
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
19th Century
North America
Jul 9, 1998
A White-Collar Profession: African American Certified Public Accountants Since 1921
Hammond, Theresa A.
Flesher, Dale L.
Business History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Sep 22, 2002
Who's In Charge? Workers and Managers in the United States
Liebhold, Peter
Rubenstein, Harry
Lichtenstein, Nelson
Labor and Employment History
General or Comparative
North America
Mar 5, 1996
Who's In Charge? Workers and Managers in the United States
Liebhold, Peter
Rubenstein, Harry
Lichtenstein, Nelson
Labor and Employment History
General or Comparative
North America
Mar 5, 1996
Who's Who in Economics (Third Edition)
Blaug, Mark
Whaples, Robert
Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods
General or Comparative
General, International, or Comparative
Feb 10, 2000
Why America is Not a New Rome
Smil, Vaclav
Temin, Peter
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
Historical Demography, including Migration
Ancient
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Europe
North America
Aug 10, 2010
Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850
Parthasarathi, Prasannan
Mokyr, Joel
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
Economic Planning and Policy
Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History
Industry: Manufacturing and Construction
Markets and Institutions
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
Asia
Europe
Jan 9, 2012
Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems
Sornette, Didier
Santoni, Gary
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Apr 14, 2003
Widows and Orphans First: The Family Economy and Social Welfare Policy, 1880-1939
Kleinberg, S. J.
Moehling, Carolyn M.
Labor and Employment History
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Jun 6, 2006
William Crookes (1832-1919) and the Commercialization of Science
Brock, William H.
Stewart, Larry
History of Technology, including Technological Change
20th Century: Pre WWII
Europe
Jun 30, 2009
William Stanley Jevons and the Making of Modern Economics
Maas, Harro
White, Michael V.
History of Economic Thought; Methodology
19th Century
Europe
Nov 26, 2006
Winners, Losers and Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology
Liebowitz, Stan J.
Margolis, Stephen E.
Goffe, Bill
History of Technology, including Technological Change
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Jul 23, 2001
Winners, Losers and Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology
Liebowitz, Stan J.
Margolis, Stephen E.
Goffe, Bill
History of Technology, including Technological Change
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
North America
Jul 23, 2001
Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung, Sozialstruktur und biologischer Lebensstandard in München und dem südlichen Bayern im 19. Jahrhundert
Schuster, Klaus
Schwekendiek, Daniel
Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology
19th Century
Europe
Apr 16, 2006
Women in Business, 1700-1850
Phillips, Nicola
Walsh, Margaret
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
19th Century
Europe
Sep 21, 2006
Women Workers and the Industrial Revolution, 1750-1850
Pinchbeck, Ivy
Burnette, Joyce
Labor and Employment History
19th Century
Europe
Jan 31, 2000
Women's Work? American Schoolteachers, 1650-1920
Perlmann, Joel
Margo, Robert A.
Carter, Susan B.
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Jun 30, 2002
Women's Work? American Schoolteachers, 1650-1920
Perlmann, Joel
Margo, Robert A.
Carter, Susan B.
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Jun 30, 2002
Women, Work, and Wages in England, 1600-1850
Lane, Penelope
Raven, Neil
Snell, K. D. M.
Burnette, Joyce
Labor and Employment History
19th Century
Europe
Mar 1, 2005
Women, Work, and Wages in England, 1600-1850
Lane, Penelope
Raven, Neil
Snell, K. D. M.
Burnette, Joyce
Labor and Employment History
19th Century
Europe
Mar 1, 2005
Women, Work, and Wages in England, 1600-1850
Lane, Penelope
Raven, Neil
Snell, K. D. M.
Burnette, Joyce
Labor and Employment History
19th Century
Europe
Mar 1, 2005
Working Class Credit and Community since 1918
Taylor, Avram
Scott, Peter
Household, Family and Consumer History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Europe
Aug 29, 2003
The World Economy and National Economies in the Interwar Slump
Balderston, Theo
Parker, Randall E.
Macroeconomics and Fluctuations
20th Century: Pre WWII
General, International, or Comparative
Mar 22, 2004
The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective
Maddison, Angus
Brezis, Elise S.
Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity
General or Comparative
General, International, or Comparative
Nov 25, 2001
A World History of Tax Rebellions: An Encyclopedia of Tax Rebels, Revolts, and Riots from Antiquity to the Present
Burg, David F.
Vedder, Richard
Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance
General or Comparative
General, International, or Comparative
Oct 1, 2004
World of Possibilities: Flexibility and Mass Production in Western Industrialization
Sabel, Charles F.
Zeitlin, Jonathan
Jaffe, James A.
Markets and Institutions
General or Comparative
General, International, or Comparative
Mar 15, 1998
World of Possibilities: Flexibility and Mass Production in Western Industrialization
Sabel, Charles F.
Zeitlin, Jonathan
Jaffe, James A.
Markets and Institutions
General or Comparative
General, International, or Comparative
Mar 15, 1998
The World of Private Banking
Cassis, Youssef
Cottrell, Philip
Austin, Peter
Business History
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century: Pre WWII
Europe
Jun 14, 2010
The World of Private Banking
Cassis, Youssef
Cottrell, Philip
Austin, Peter
Business History
Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century: Pre WWII
Europe
Jun 14, 2010
The World System and the Earth System: Global Socioenvironmental Change and Sustainability since the Neolithic
Hornborg, Alf
Crumley, Carole L.
Jones, Eric
Markets and Institutions
General or Comparative
General, International, or Comparative
Mar 8, 2007
The World System and the Earth System: Global Socioenvironmental Change and Sustainability since the Neolithic
Hornborg, Alf
Crumley, Carole L.
Jones, Eric
Markets and Institutions
General or Comparative
General, International, or Comparative
Mar 8, 2007
World War II and the Scramble for Labour in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1939-1948
Johnson, David
Jones, Laird
Labor and Employment History
20th Century: WWII and post-WWII
Africa
Dec 29, 2002
The Worst Tax? A History of the Property Tax in America
Fisher, Glenn
Wallis, John Joseph
Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance
19th Century
North America
Jun 3, 1997
Writing the Wrongs: Eva Valesh and the Rise of Labor Journalism
Faue, Elizabeth
Friedman, Gerald
Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender
20th Century: Pre WWII
North America
Oct 1, 2003