Ruth Crandall
Biographic Data
| ID | 5375291 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Crandall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Crandall |
| SIGNATURE | CRANDALL R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1927 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The International Scientific Committee on Price History
In September 1928, two eminent economists with an interest in price history met and conversed at Hanover, New Hampshire: Sir William Beveridge and Edwin F. Gay. The former was Director of the London School of Economics and the latter, Professor of Economic History at Harvard University. For some time Sir William had been conducting research in medieval English manorial records and had already amassed data on price movements of English commodities…
Wholesale Commodity Prices in Boston during the Eighteenth Century
Wholesale Commodity Prices in Boston during the Eighteenth Century
rTHE original plan of this investigation was to study the movement of wholesale prices in Boston during both the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.' This had not appeared an impossible task in view of the traditional frugality of the early New Englanders and the well-known prominence of Boston as an early trading center. These together probably had sufficed to create and to preserve abundant material in regard to Boston business in general and…
Hidden Treasure in Old-time Taxes
The value of old tax data, as Professor Burbank has stated, lies in the wealth of detail in the tax lists, and more especially in the valuation lists. For each tax-payer these latter lists frequently give the amount and value of real estate, annual crops, live stock, stock in trade, shipping, mills of various sorts, warehouses, and occasionally even the silver plate owned by the family. Many of these headings, too, are in detailed form. For insta…
The International Scientific Committee on Price History
In September 1928, two eminent economists with an interest in price history met and conversed at Hanover, New Hampshire: Sir William Beveridge and Edwin F. Gay. The former was Director of the London School of Economics and the latter, Professor of Economic History at Harvard University. For some time Sir William had been conducting research in medieval English manorial records and had already amassed data on price movements of English commodities…
Hidden Treasure in Old-time Taxes
The value of old tax data, as Professor Burbank has stated, lies in the wealth of detail in the tax lists, and more especially in the valuation lists. For each tax-payer these latter lists frequently give the amount and value of real estate, annual crops, live stock, stock in trade, shipping, mills of various sorts, warehouses, and occasionally even the silver plate owned by the family. Many of these headings, too, are in detailed form. For insta…
Wholesale Commodity Prices in Boston during the Eighteenth Century
rTHE original plan of this investigation was to study the movement of wholesale prices in Boston during both the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.' This had not appeared an impossible task in view of the traditional frugality of the early New Englanders and the well-known prominence of Boston as an early trading center. These together probably had sufficed to create and to preserve abundant material in regard to Boston business in general and…
Wholesale Commodity Prices in Boston during the Eighteenth Century
The International Scientific Committee on Price History
In September 1928, two eminent economists with an interest in price history met and conversed at Hanover, New Hampshire: Sir William Beveridge and Edwin F. Gay. The former was Director of the London School of Economics and the latter, Professor of Economic History at Harvard University. For some time Sir William had been conducting research in medieval English manorial records and had already amassed data on price movements of English commodities…
Economics (4 works) · Commodity (3 works) · Economic history (3 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · History (2 works) · Market economy (2 works)