Research in Economic History
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A Century of Environmental Legislation - Louis P. Cain and Brooks A. Kaiser The Measurement of Production: Lessons from the Engineering Industry in Italy, 1911 - Stefano Fenoaltea Is Paper Money Just Paper Money? Experimentation and Variation in the Paper Monies Issued by the American Colonies from 1690 to 1775 - Farley Grubb New Quantitative Estimates of Long-Term Military Spending in Spain (1850-2009) - Oriol Sabate Health, Gender and the Household: Children’s Growth in the Marcella Street Home, Boston, MA, and the Ashford School, London, UK - Eric B. Schneider Entry, Competition, and Terms of Credit in Early American Banking - Ta-Chen Wang
Editors Hanes and Wolcott present readers with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles devoted to the economic history of Europe and North America. The contributions that make up the main body of the text are devoted to lessons learned from the Italian engineering industry prior to World War I; quantitative estimates of military spending by Spain between 1850 and 2009; competition, entry, and terms of credit in early American banking; as well as many other related subjects. Christopher Hanes and Susan Wolcott are faculty members of the State University of New York at Binghamton.