7. The Productivity Consequences of Market Integration: Agriculture in Massachusetts, 177 1-1 801

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. U. S. Labor Force Estimates and Economic Growth, 1800-1860 19
6. 2. American Economic Growth before the Civil War: The Testimony of the Capital Stock Estimates 79
7. 3. Inequalities in the Standard of Living in the United States, 1798-1875 121
8. 4. Wages and Prices during the Antebellum Period: A Survey and New Evidence 173
9. 5. Consumer Behavior, Diet , and the Standard of Living in Late Colonial and Early Antebellum America, 1770-1840 217
10. 6. Stature and Living Standards in the United States 265
11. 7. The Productivity Consequences of Market Integration: Agriculture in Massachusetts, 177 1-1 801 311
12. 8. Invention, Innovation, and Manufacturing Productivity Growth in the Antebellum Northeast 345
13. Contributors 385
14. Author Index 387
15. Subject Index 393