Robert Paul Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3952491 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Paul Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS R P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 128 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The growth of population and labor force in the 17th-century Chesapeake
Economic growth in the seventeenth-century chesapeake
The First Economic Revolution
The Fishers of Men
Historians of slavery and the slave trade have often left us with the impression that the slave trade was fantastically profitable. The view that it was the profits from the slave trade which financed the British Industrial Revolution and the first industrialization of the United States appears to be gaining adherents. These interpretations seem plausible enough on the surface; indeed, the latter provides part of the historical foundation for the…
The Rise of the Western World
First published in 1973, this is a radical interpretation, offering a unified explanation for the growth of Western Europe between 900 A. D. and 1700, providing a general theoretical framework for institutional change geared to the general reader.
Reply to Professor D. Ringrose
PROF. Ringrose's article is a welcome addition to the growing interest in developing a systematic approach to European history constructed from new developments in the social sciences. We find ourselves in agreement with some of his analysis. Moreover we have substantially elaborated the theory1 since we presented it in preliminary form in this journal, and we believe we can explain a number of the difficulties inherent in our first tentative pre…
White Population, Labor Force and Extensive Growth of the New England Economy in the Seventeenth Century
Economic historians have always recognized the importance of changes in population to any investigation of economic growth or well-being. The payments to labor in every economy, even the highly industrialized modern economies, always constitute the bulk of national income when figured via the factor payments method. Hence what happens to the size and rate of compensation of the labor force is crucial to any economic history. With this in mind we …
The Rise and Fall of the Manorial System
European economic history has always been concerned with the grand theme of the rise of the Western World. Sometimes this is put in terms of the transition from feudalism to capitalism and, if a Marxian dialectician is present, eventually to socialism. The literature is essentially the product of historians and as such is particularistic. No consistent theoretical foundation runs through it, except perhaps the Marxian one. The result is a chaotic…
An Economic Theory of the Growth of the Western World
British Imperial Policy and the Economic Interpretation of the American Revolution
Roger Ransom takes exception on three counts to my published study of the burden of the Navigation Acts, questioning (1) the counterfactual proposition I employed, (2) my estimate of the relative burden, and (3) the likelihood of differing regional impacts of the Acts. I shall briefly take up each of these in turn
The Sugar Colonies of the Old Empire
A Quantitative Approach to the Study of the Effects of British Imperial Policy upon Colonial Welfare
Historians have long debated whether the American colonies on balance benefited or were hindered by British imperial regulation. George Bancroft thought the regulations worked a definite hardship on the colonies. George L. Beer believed these regulations nicely balanced and that the colonies shared in the general advantages. Lawrence Harper, in a now classic article, actually attempted to calculate the cost and found that British policies “placed…
The Rise and Fall of the Manorial System
European economic history has always been concerned with the grand theme of the rise of the Western World. Sometimes this is put in terms of the transition from feudalism to capitalism and, if a Marxian dialectician is present, eventually to socialism. The literature is essentially the product of historians and as such is particularistic. No consistent theoretical foundation runs through it, except perhaps the Marxian one. The result is a chaotic…
An Economic Theory of the Growth of the Western World
The First Economic Revolution
The Fishers of Men
Historians of slavery and the slave trade have often left us with the impression that the slave trade was fantastically profitable. The view that it was the profits from the slave trade which financed the British Industrial Revolution and the first industrialization of the United States appears to be gaining adherents. These interpretations seem plausible enough on the surface; indeed, the latter provides part of the historical foundation for the…
A Quantitative Approach to the Study of the Effects of British Imperial Policy upon Colonial Welfare
Historians have long debated whether the American colonies on balance benefited or were hindered by British imperial regulation. George Bancroft thought the regulations worked a definite hardship on the colonies. George L. Beer believed these regulations nicely balanced and that the colonies shared in the general advantages. Lawrence Harper, in a now classic article, actually attempted to calculate the cost and found that British policies “placed…
The growth of population and labor force in the 17th-century Chesapeake
White Population, Labor Force and Extensive Growth of the New England Economy in the Seventeenth Century
Economic historians have always recognized the importance of changes in population to any investigation of economic growth or well-being. The payments to labor in every economy, even the highly industrialized modern economies, always constitute the bulk of national income when figured via the factor payments method. Hence what happens to the size and rate of compensation of the labor force is crucial to any economic history. With this in mind we …
Economic growth in the seventeenth-century chesapeake
Reply to Professor D. Ringrose
PROF. Ringrose's article is a welcome addition to the growing interest in developing a systematic approach to European history constructed from new developments in the social sciences. We find ourselves in agreement with some of his analysis. Moreover we have substantially elaborated the theory1 since we presented it in preliminary form in this journal, and we believe we can explain a number of the difficulties inherent in our first tentative pre…
British Imperial Policy and the Economic Interpretation of the American Revolution
Roger Ransom takes exception on three counts to my published study of the burden of the Navigation Acts, questioning (1) the counterfactual proposition I employed, (2) my estimate of the relative burden, and (3) the likelihood of differing regional impacts of the Acts. I shall briefly take up each of these in turn
The Sugar Colonies of the Old Empire
A Quantitative Approach to the Study of the Effects of British Imperial Policy upon Colonial Welfare
Historians have long debated whether the American colonies on balance benefited or were hindered by British imperial regulation. George Bancroft thought the regulations worked a definite hardship on the colonies. George L. Beer believed these regulations nicely balanced and that the colonies shared in the general advantages. Lawrence Harper, in a now classic article, actually attempted to calculate the cost and found that British policies “placed…
British Imperial Policy and the Economic Interpretation of the American Revolution
Roger Ransom takes exception on three counts to my published study of the burden of the Navigation Acts, questioning (1) the counterfactual proposition I employed, (2) my estimate of the relative burden, and (3) the likelihood of differing regional impacts of the Acts. I shall briefly take up each of these in turn
The Sugar Colonies of the Old Empire
An Economic Theory of the Growth of the Western World
The Rise and Fall of the Manorial System
European economic history has always been concerned with the grand theme of the rise of the Western World. Sometimes this is put in terms of the transition from feudalism to capitalism and, if a Marxian dialectician is present, eventually to socialism. The literature is essentially the product of historians and as such is particularistic. No consistent theoretical foundation runs through it, except perhaps the Marxian one. The result is a chaotic…
The Rise of the Western World
First published in 1973, this is a radical interpretation, offering a unified explanation for the growth of Western Europe between 900 A. D. and 1700, providing a general theoretical framework for institutional change geared to the general reader.
Reply to Professor D. Ringrose
PROF. Ringrose's article is a welcome addition to the growing interest in developing a systematic approach to European history constructed from new developments in the social sciences. We find ourselves in agreement with some of his analysis. Moreover we have substantially elaborated the theory1 since we presented it in preliminary form in this journal, and we believe we can explain a number of the difficulties inherent in our first tentative pre…
White Population, Labor Force and Extensive Growth of the New England Economy in the Seventeenth Century
Economic historians have always recognized the importance of changes in population to any investigation of economic growth or well-being. The payments to labor in every economy, even the highly industrialized modern economies, always constitute the bulk of national income when figured via the factor payments method. Hence what happens to the size and rate of compensation of the labor force is crucial to any economic history. With this in mind we …
The Fishers of Men
Historians of slavery and the slave trade have often left us with the impression that the slave trade was fantastically profitable. The view that it was the profits from the slave trade which financed the British Industrial Revolution and the first industrialization of the United States appears to be gaining adherents. These interpretations seem plausible enough on the surface; indeed, the latter provides part of the historical foundation for the…
The First Economic Revolution
The growth of population and labor force in the 17th-century Chesapeake
Economic growth in the seventeenth-century chesapeake
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