Robert Whaples
Biographic Data
| ID | 1460562 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Whaples |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Whaples |
| SIGNATURE | WHAPLES R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wake Forest University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Historical Perspectives on the American Economy
“Explaining the relative efficiency of slave agriculture in the antebellum South”
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Colonial and early national economy
“An economic interpretation of the American Revolution” by Marc Egnal and Joseph A. Ernst Although “An Economic Interpretation of the American Revolution” was written over two decades ago, it remains “the best starting point for historians interested in the role of the economy in the Revolution” (McCusker and Menard, 352). The essay concerns questions of profound importance to historians of all types. What role did economic forces play in the fou…
Gambling in America
Changing the Guard
Alexander Tabarrok (Ed.) Oakland, CA, The Independent Institute, 2003, 242 pp., $19.95 paperback ISBN 0-945999-87-9 In 1984, Hamilton County (Chattanooga), Tennessee, plagued with glaring deficienc
Coal
Barbara Freese New York, Penguin, 2003, 311 pp., $14.00 paperback ISBN 0-14-200098-1 Barbara Freese, an Assistant Attorney General of Minnesota, has done the unexpected, writing a page-turner about
Rethinking Pension Reform/What You Need to Know about the Economics of Growing Old (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and the Economics of Recovery
Historians have often speculated on the alternative paths the United States might have taken during the Great Depression: What if Franklin D. Roosevelt had been killed by one of Giuseppe Zangara's bullets in Miami on February 17, 1933? Would there have been a New Deal under an administration led by Herbert Hoover had he been reelected in 1932? To what degree were Roosevelt's own ideas and inclinations, as opposed to those of his contemporaries, e…
Are Public Choice Scholars Different
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The Supply and Demand of Economic History
A decade has passed since I surveyed the first 50 years of the Journal of Economic History.Whaples, “Quantitative History.” This note picks up that story by documenting changes in the “supply” of economic history since 1990—the topics of the JOURNAL'S articles, who has had articles published in its pages, and how rankings of economic-history programs are reflected by recent publications. In addition, I use data on articles published in the JOURNA…
Historical Perspetives on the American Economy
This book is a student reader of the key topics in American economic history. The readings are organised chronologically and thematically, covering such topics as: the colonial and early national economy, slavery and indentured servitude, the South since the Civil War, the origins of American industrial success, the causes of farm protest in the late nineteenth century, the role of women in the economy, and the Great Depression. Introductions add…
Where Is There Consensus Among American Economic Historians? The Results of a Survey on Forty Propositions
This article examines where consensus does and does not exist among American economic historians by analyzing the results of a questionnaire mailed to 178 randomly selected members of the Economic History Association. The questions address many of the important debates in American economic history. The answers show consensus on a number of issues, but substantial disagreement in many areas—including the causes of the Great Depression and the afte…
Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief
Using Historical State Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports in Teaching
Fraternalism, Paternalism, the Family, and the Market
The Shortening of the American Work Week
Among the most important long-term changes in the American labor market is the decline in the work week's length. This dissertation examines the context, causes, and consequences of the decline, focusing on the period of the most rapid change, the early twentieth century. Chapter One argues that the decline can be understood as part of a transition from short-term to long-term employment relations, and that understanding the shortening of the wor…
A Quantitative History of the Journal of Economc History and the Cliometric Revolution
What do economic historians do? I analyze quantitatively The Journal of Economic History's contents since its founding, showing subfields, nations, and periods studied, and which scholars and universities have contributed. The timing, extent, and participants of the cliometric revolution are investigated. New rankings of economic history programs are made
Winning the Eight-Hour Day, 1909–1919
The American workers' quest for an eight-hour day finally came to an end around 1919. I argue that the most important factors behind the rapid decline in manufacturing hours in the decade before 1919 include the rapid expansion of the economy, which increased wages and drew new participants into the manufacturing sector; the reduction of immigration during the war; the growth in organized labor's strength; federal and state legislation that manda…
Winning the Eight-Hour Day, 1909–1919
The American workers' quest for an eight-hour day finally came to an end around 1919. I argue that the most important factors behind the rapid decline in manufacturing hours in the decade before 1919 include the rapid expansion of the economy, which increased wages and drew new participants into the manufacturing sector; the reduction of immigration during the war; the growth in organized labor's strength; federal and state legislation that manda…
A Quantitative History of the Journal of Economc History and the Cliometric Revolution
What do economic historians do? I analyze quantitatively The Journal of Economic History's contents since its founding, showing subfields, nations, and periods studied, and which scholars and universities have contributed. The timing, extent, and participants of the cliometric revolution are investigated. New rankings of economic history programs are made
Where Is There Consensus Among American Economic Historians? The Results of a Survey on Forty Propositions
This article examines where consensus does and does not exist among American economic historians by analyzing the results of a questionnaire mailed to 178 randomly selected members of the Economic History Association. The questions address many of the important debates in American economic history. The answers show consensus on a number of issues, but substantial disagreement in many areas—including the causes of the Great Depression and the afte…
Fraternalism, Paternalism, the Family, and the Market
The Supply and Demand of Economic History
A decade has passed since I surveyed the first 50 years of the Journal of Economic History.Whaples, “Quantitative History.” This note picks up that story by documenting changes in the “supply” of economic history since 1990—the topics of the JOURNAL'S articles, who has had articles published in its pages, and how rankings of economic-history programs are reflected by recent publications. In addition, I use data on articles published in the JOURNA…
Are Public Choice Scholars Different
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Shortening of the American Work Week
Among the most important long-term changes in the American labor market is the decline in the work week's length. This dissertation examines the context, causes, and consequences of the decline, focusing on the period of the most rapid change, the early twentieth century. Chapter One argues that the decline can be understood as part of a transition from short-term to long-term employment relations, and that understanding the shortening of the wor…
Winning the Eight-Hour Day, 1909–1919
The American workers' quest for an eight-hour day finally came to an end around 1919. I argue that the most important factors behind the rapid decline in manufacturing hours in the decade before 1919 include the rapid expansion of the economy, which increased wages and drew new participants into the manufacturing sector; the reduction of immigration during the war; the growth in organized labor's strength; federal and state legislation that manda…
Fraternalism, Paternalism, the Family, and the Market
The Shortening of the American Work Week
Among the most important long-term changes in the American labor market is the decline in the work week's length. This dissertation examines the context, causes, and consequences of the decline, focusing on the period of the most rapid change, the early twentieth century. Chapter One argues that the decline can be understood as part of a transition from short-term to long-term employment relations, and that understanding the shortening of the wor…
A Quantitative History of the Journal of Economc History and the Cliometric Revolution
What do economic historians do? I analyze quantitatively The Journal of Economic History's contents since its founding, showing subfields, nations, and periods studied, and which scholars and universities have contributed. The timing, extent, and participants of the cliometric revolution are investigated. New rankings of economic history programs are made
Using Historical State Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports in Teaching
Historical Perspetives on the American Economy
This book is a student reader of the key topics in American economic history. The readings are organised chronologically and thematically, covering such topics as: the colonial and early national economy, slavery and indentured servitude, the South since the Civil War, the origins of American industrial success, the causes of farm protest in the late nineteenth century, the role of women in the economy, and the Great Depression. Introductions add…
Where Is There Consensus Among American Economic Historians? The Results of a Survey on Forty Propositions
This article examines where consensus does and does not exist among American economic historians by analyzing the results of a questionnaire mailed to 178 randomly selected members of the Economic History Association. The questions address many of the important debates in American economic history. The answers show consensus on a number of issues, but substantial disagreement in many areas—including the causes of the Great Depression and the afte…
Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief
The Supply and Demand of Economic History
A decade has passed since I surveyed the first 50 years of the Journal of Economic History.Whaples, “Quantitative History.” This note picks up that story by documenting changes in the “supply” of economic history since 1990—the topics of the JOURNAL'S articles, who has had articles published in its pages, and how rankings of economic-history programs are reflected by recent publications. In addition, I use data on articles published in the JOURNA…
Are Public Choice Scholars Different
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and the Economics of Recovery
Historians have often speculated on the alternative paths the United States might have taken during the Great Depression: What if Franklin D. Roosevelt had been killed by one of Giuseppe Zangara's bullets in Miami on February 17, 1933? Would there have been a New Deal under an administration led by Herbert Hoover had he been reelected in 1932? To what degree were Roosevelt's own ideas and inclinations, as opposed to those of his contemporaries, e…
Gambling in America
Changing the Guard
Alexander Tabarrok (Ed.) Oakland, CA, The Independent Institute, 2003, 242 pp., $19.95 paperback ISBN 0-945999-87-9 In 1984, Hamilton County (Chattanooga), Tennessee, plagued with glaring deficienc
Coal
Barbara Freese New York, Penguin, 2003, 311 pp., $14.00 paperback ISBN 0-14-200098-1 Barbara Freese, an Assistant Attorney General of Minnesota, has done the unexpected, writing a page-turner about
Rethinking Pension Reform/What You Need to Know about the Economics of Growing Old (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Historical Perspectives on the American Economy
“Explaining the relative efficiency of slave agriculture in the antebellum South”
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Colonial and early national economy
“An economic interpretation of the American Revolution” by Marc Egnal and Joseph A. Ernst Although “An Economic Interpretation of the American Revolution” was written over two decades ago, it remains “the best starting point for historians interested in the role of the economy in the Revolution” (McCusker and Menard, 352). The essay concerns questions of profound importance to historians of all types. What role did economic forces play in the fou…
Economics (12 works) · History (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Macroeconomics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic history (3 works)