Description
In an Afterword added in 1989, the authors assess their findings in the light of recent scholarship and debate.
About the Author
Robert William Fogel, winner of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, is director of the Center for Population Economics at the University of Chicago. Stanley L. Engerman is an economist and economic historian at the University of Rochester. His controversial writings on the economics of slavery with economist Robert Fogel were some of the first modern treatments of the subject.
Reviews
"With one stroke [this book] turned around a whole field of interpretation and exposed the frailty of history done without science." -- New York Times Book Review
Book Information
ISBN 9780393312188
Author Robert William Fogel
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 391g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 23mm
About the Author
Robert William Fogel, winner of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, is director of the Center for Population Economics at the University of Chicago. Stanley L. Engerman is an economist and economic historian at the University of Rochester. His controversial writings on the economics of slavery with economist Robert Fogel were some of the first modern treatments of the subject.
Reviews
"With one stroke [this book] turned around a whole field of interpretation and exposed the frailty of history done without science." -- New York Times Book Review
Book Information
ISBN 9780393312188
Author Robert William Fogel
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 391g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 23mm
