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Economics 224
Selected Bibliography
The following bibliography is not meant to be
a complete list of sources in American economic history. It represents a selection of
sources in the field, many of which are available in Schaffer Library and on the World
Wide Web. It also includes most of those from which the readings for this course have been
drawn.
Primary
source materials:
Primary
Source Documents on the Web
Baker, George E., ed., The Works of
William H. Seward, in three volumes (New York: Redfield, 1853). E415.6 S51
Coulton, Calvin, ed., The Life and
Speeches of Henry Clay, in six volumes (New York: P. O'Shea, 1864). E337.8 .C55 C60
1864
Fuller, Margaret, Woman in the Nineteenth
Century (New York: 1845). HQ1154.08
Hamilton, John C., ed., The Works of
Alexander Hamilton (New York: John F. Trow, 1850). E302.H22
George, Henry, Our Land and Land Policy:
Speeches, Lectures and Miscellaneous Writings (New York: Doubleday and McClure Co.,
1901).
Gouge, William M., A Short History of
Paper-Money and Banking in the United States, including An Account of Provincial and
Continental Paper Money, to which is prefixed An Inquiry into the Principles of the System
with Considerations of its Effects on Morals and Happiness (New York: B. & S.
Collins, 1835). Spec. Coll. HG2472.G74
Greeley, Horace, et al, The Great
Industries of the United States (Hartford: J.B. Burr & Hyde, 1872). HC103..G78
McLane, Louis, ed., Documents relative to
the Manufactures in the U.S., in two volumes (Washington: Duff Green, 1833). Reprinted
by A. M. Kelley, 1970.
Myers, Gustavus, History of the Great
American Fortunes (Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Co., 1910, 1936). HC103.M8
New York State Association Opposed to
Extension of Suffrage to Women, Why Women Do Not Want The Ballot, vols. 1 and 2
(New York: NYSAOESW, 1896). Spec. Coll. JF853.N40
Richardson, James D., ed., Messages and
Papers of the Presidents, in ten volumes (Bureau of National Literature and Art,
1903). J81.B963 1903
Shaw, Albert, ed., The National Revenue: A
Collection of Papers by American Economists (Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1888). HF1755.S84
Smith, Adam, An Inquiry into the Nature
and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Harvard Classic edition, C. J. Bullock, ed. (New
York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1909). Originally published in 1776.
Sumner, Helen L., Women in America: From
Colonial Times to the 20th Century (Washington: USGPO, 1910, reprinted by Arno Press,
Inc., 1974). HD6095 .W73
Toqueville, Alexis de, Democracy in
America (New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1845). JK216.T7
Washington, Booker T., Up From Slavery
(New York: Penguin, 1986). Originally published, 1901. E185.97.W4 A37
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Historic
periodicals:
Primary
Source Documents on the Web
Abridgement of the Debates of
Congress, 1789-1850, in sixteen volumes (New York: D.Appleton & Co., 1857).
Shelved with periodicals, under U.S. Congressional Debates.
Annals of Congress (1789-1824).
Schaffer Library has complete holdings on microfiche. Index at end of each session. (See Congressional
Record)
The Atlantic Monthly. Schaffer Library
has complete holdings from volume 1 (1857) on microfilm.
Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme
Court of the United States (Rochester, NY: The Lawyers Co-operative
Publ. Co.,
various). Ref. KF101.U5840
Congressional Globe (1833-1873).
Schaffer Library has complete holdings on microfiche. Index at end of each session. (See Congressional
Record)
Congressional Record (1873 to date).
Schaffer Library has complete holdings on microfiche, and recent years shelved in
periodicals under U.S. Congressional Record. The Congressional Record was
preceded by the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in
Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1837-1873). Index at end of
each session. After 1920, index is in print in rear of microforms area.
Littell's Living Age (1844-1941).
Library holdings from Volume I, shelved with periodicals.
The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial
Review (1839-1860). Library holdings from Volume I, shelved with periodicals. Contains
data and articles on industry and trade, and trade policy.
The Nation. Schaffer Library has
complete holdings from volume 6 (1868) shelved with periodicals.
The New York Times. Schaffer Library
has extensive holdings on microfilm, and hardcopy indices in microforms area.
The North American Review. Schaffer
Library has complete holdings from volume 1 (1815) shelved with periodicals.
Popular Science Monthly. Schaffer
Library has nearly complete holdings from volume 6 (1868) shelved with periodicals.
Register of Debates in Congress
(Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1824-1837). Schaffer Library has complete set shelved
with periodicals under U. S. Congress, and also on microfiche. Index at end of each
session. (See Congressional Record)
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Indices to Historical Periodicals
Chadwick Healey, Periodicals
Contents Index. Available on a trial basis through the Shaffer Library web site, from
April 20, 1997-May 19, 1997. Indexes 3,500+ periodicals from their first issue through
1991. Includes many of the periodicals listed above.
Nineteenth Century Readers Guide to
Periodic Literature, 1890-1899. Ref. Bib. AI3 S610; and Reader's Guide, Supplement,
AI3 .R47
Poole's Index, Ref. Bib. AI3 P7 R47.
Volumes cover 1802-1881, 1882-1886, 1887-1891, 1892-1896,1897-1902,1902-1906.
Reader's Guide to Periodic Literature,
(Ref Bib AI3 .R48)
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Anthologies of documents
related to U.S. economic history:
Bogart, Ernest L. and Charles M.
Thompson, eds., Readings in the Economic History of the United States (New York:
Longmans, Green & Co., 1927). 330.973 B67*
Brewer, David J., ed., The World's Best
Orations, in ten volumes (St. Louis, MO: Ferd. P. Kaiser, 1899). PN6121.B840 1899
Brownlee, W. Elliot and Mary M. Brownlee, Women
in the American Economy: A Documentary History, 1675 to 1929 (New Haven, CT: Yale
Paperbound series, 1976). HD 6095 B74*
Buhle, Mari Jo, and Paul Buhle, The
Concise History of Woman Suffrage (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1978). JK
1896 .C58
Callender, Guy Stevens, ed., Selections
from The Economic History of the United States, 1765-1860 (originally published
1909 (Boston: New York Ginn);
reprinted in 1965 (New York: A. M. Kelley).
Commager, Henry Steele, and Milton Cantor, Documents
of American History, 10th ed., Vol I and II. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall,
1988). E173.C66.1988*
Commons, John R., A Documentary History of
American Industrial Society, in ten volumes (AMS Press, Inc, 1988, reprint of 1910
edition).
Current, Richard N., and John A. Garraty,
eds., Words that Made American History, v. 1, Colonial Times to the 1870's,
and v. 2, The 1870's to the Present. (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1962).
E178.6.C8* (Abridged third edition used in some sections of History 13 and 14.)
Flügel, Felix and Harold U. Falkner, eds., Readings
in the Economic and Social History of the United States (New York: Harper and Brothers
Publishers, 1929). HC103.F5*
Hart, Albert Bushnell, ed., American
History told by Contemporaries, in four volumes (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1916;
copyright 1901). E173.H32*
Hart, Albert Bushnell, ed., The American
Nation, A History: From Original Sources By Associated Scholars, vols 1-28 (New York:
Harper and Brothers, 1904-1918). E178.A54
Hofstadter, Richard, ed., Great Issues in
American History: A Documentary Record, v. 1, 1765-1865 and v. 2, 1864-1957. (New
York: Vintage Books, 1958). E173.H75
Kerber, Linda K. and Jane Sherron de Hart, Women's
America: Refocusing the Past , 3rd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991).
HQ1426.W663.1991
Letwin, William, ed., A Documentary
History of American Economic Policy Since 1789 (Chicago: Aldine Publ. Co, 1961).
HC103.L37.1964*
MacDonald, William, ed., Documentary
Source Book of American History, 1606-1898 (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1913;
copyright 1908).
Peterson, Merril D., and Leonard W. Levy,
eds., Major Crises in American History: Documentary Problems, v. 1, 1689-1861, and
v. 2, 1665-1953. (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1962). E173.M245
Richardson, James D., ed., Messages and
Papers of the Presidents, in ten volumes (Bureau of National Literature and Art,
1903). J81.B963.1903
Robertson, Ross M., and James L. Pate, Readings
in United States Economic and Business History (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1966).
HC103.R59*
Schlesinger, Arthur M., ed., History of
American Presidential Elections, 1789-1968, vols 1-4 (New York: Chelsea House
Publishers, 1971). E183.S28 (*vol 1 & 2)
Schlesinger, Arthur M., ed., History of
U.S. Political Parties, vols 1-4 (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1973). JK 2261
S35 (*vol 1, 2, & 3)
Schmidt, Louis Bernard, ed., Readings in the
economic history of American agriculture. (Macmillan Company, 1925). 330.9 S353*
Weinberg, Meyer, America's Economic
Heritage, in two volumes (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983).
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Standard texts in American history:
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa A Hypertext on American
History, from colonial period until modern Times.
American Social History Project, Who
Built America: Working People and the Nation's Economy, Politics, Culture and Society.
Boyer, et al, The Enduring Vision:
A History of the American People, 3rd ed.
Current, Richard T., et al, American
History: A Survey.
Henretta, James, et al, America's
History.
Martin, James Kirby, et al, America
and its People.
Norton, Mary Beth, et al, A People and a
Nation: A History of the United States, 4th edition..
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Texts on American economic history:
Bogart, Ernst L. and Donald L. Kemmerer, Economic
History of the American People (New York: Longmans, Green & Co., Inc., 1947).
Bryant, Keith L., and Henry C. Dethloff, A
History of American Business (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1983).
Cameron, Rondo, A Concise Economic History
of the World: From Paleolithic Times to the Present (New York: Oxford University
Press, 1989).
David, Henry, Harold U. Faulkner, Louis
Hacker, Curtis P. Nettels and Fred A. Shannon, eds., The Economic History of the United
States, in eight volumes (titles vary) (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., various).
Dobson, John M. A History of American
Enterprise (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988).
Faulkner, Harold U., American Economic
History (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954).
Hughes, Jonathan, American Economic
History, 3rd ed. (Glenview, Ill.: Scott Foresman/Little Brown, 1990).
Nash, Gerald D., ed., Issues in American
Economic History (Boston, D. C. Heath & Co., 1964).
North, Douglas C., T. L. Anderson, and P. J.
Hill, Growth and Welfare in the American Past, 3rd ed. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice Hall, 1983).
Poulson, Barry W., Economic History of the
United States (New York: Macmillan Co., 1981).
Taylor, George Rogers, ed., Problems in
American Civilization series (titles vary) (Boston: D. C. Heath & Co., various).
Walton, Gary M. and Hugh Rockoff, History
of the American Economy, 7th ed. (Fort Worth, TX: The Dryden Press, 1994).
Willis, James F. and Martin L. Primack, An
Economic History of the United States, 2nd ed. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall,
Inc., 1989).
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Bibliographic
References:
Hasse, Adelaide R., Index of Economic
Material in Documents of the States of the United States, 1789-1904. (Washington:
Carnegie Institute, 1908). Ref. 016.3539H354 Because this set indexes state publications,
the documents themselves will be extremely difficult to locate.
Kirkland, E. C., American Economic History
Since 1860, Goldentree Bibliographies in American History series. (New York:
Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1971). Ref. Bib., HC101.K53
Lovett, Robert W., American Economic and
Business History Information Sources. (Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1971). Ref. Bib.
HC101.L66
Orsagh, Thomas, et al, The Economic
History of the United States Prior to 1860: An Annotated Bibliography. (Oxford: Santa
Barbara, 1975). Ref. Bib. HC101.O77
Taylor, George Rogers, American Economic
History Before 1860, Goldentree Bibliographies in American History series. (New York:
Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1969). Ref. Bib. HC105.T37
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Internet
Resources:
Primary
Source Documents on the Web
David Gerhan at Schaffer
Library has
prepared a web page for this class.
Making of America
- Cornell site
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa
- U. Michigan site
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html
The Library of Congress. Look at, for example, Research and Collections;
Digital Collections, for some relevant primary source documents on-line.
http://cs.muohio.edu/
Economic History Services. Includes information about a student-oriented US
economic history e-mail list.
http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/
A searchable index of historical macroeconomic (and some microeconomic) time
series data; mostly US but some international.
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/webecn.html
AWebEC - Economic History@ Home page with links to other economic history
resources.
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/victorian/economics/econov.html
Victorial Economics. Biographies and summaries of the ideas of many classical
economic thinkers from the 19th Century.
http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu/history/
Carnegie Mellon Library links to sources related to history.
http://history.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html
Historic Documents of the United States of America. Text of a wide range of
primary source doucments from colonial period to the present.
http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL
Index of Resources for Historians. Nearly endless list of history links for
all times and all parts of the world.
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml
American and British History Resources on the Internet. Another huge list,
with links to a lot of full-text primary source documents.
http://www.nv.cc.va.us/users/nvsageh/HistLinks/HistoryLinks.htm
United States History Links, from Northern Virginia Community College;
duplicates some of the above, but also has many additional links.
Other links.
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