Auteur: Gallman Robert E. Gallman

In Pursuit of Leviathan traces the American whaling industry from its rise in the 1840s to its precipitous fall at the end of the nineteenth century. Using detailed and comprehensive data that …

These classic studies of the history of economic change in 19th- and 20th-century United States, Canada, and British West Indies examine national product; capital stock and wealth; and fertility, …

This benchmark volume addresses the debate over the effects of early industrialization on standards of living during the decades before the Civil War. Its contributors demonstrate that the aggregate …

Gives permanence and context to Gallman’s influential economic research on growth theory.When we think about history, we often think about people, events, ideas, and revolutions, but what about the …