The Economics of African American Slavery: The Cliometrics Debate / Richard C. Sutch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutch, Richard C.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w25197.

NBER working paper series no. w25197

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Economics of African American Slavery

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2018.

Summary:

This working paper explores the significant contributions to the history of African-American slavery made by the application of the tools of cliometrics. As used here "cliometrics" is defined as a method of scientific analysis marked by the explicit use of economic theory and quantitative methods. American slavery of the late antebellum period [1840-1860] was one of the earliest topics that cliometricians focused on and, arguably, the topic upon which they made the largest impact.

Notes:

Print version record

October 2018.