Reference Sources
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American Economic History: a Dictionary and Chronology.Survey of the role that economics played in U.S. history since 1776. Includes figures, events, policies, and organizations.
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The American Economy: a Historical Encyclopedia.
Accounting scandals of the early 2000s and the 2008 recession, including the government stimulus and bailout programs, and effect of the recession on key markets.
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The Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History.Business & economic history with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Includes biographies, era overviews, event/movement profiles, business & industry profiles, and geographic profiles.
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Government and the Economy: an Encyclopedia.Survey of the U.S. government's role in the economy. Includes summaries of important Supreme Court cases that have impacted America's economic infrastructure.
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Oxford Handbook of American Economic History; v. 1.Part 1. Population and health; Part 2. Production and structural change (agriculture, manufacturing, and services); Part 3. Factors of production (labor, capital, natural resources).
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Oxford Handbook of American Economic History; v. 2.Part 4. Technology and urbanization; Part 5. Government and Economic policy (macroeconomic & microeconomic).
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Wall Street: a History.Entries on the early years (1790-1840) through The Great Recession (2008/2009).
Economic Literature
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America: History and Life This link opens in a new windowJournal articles, book titles, book reviews, and dissertations on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. *Includes economic history of the U.S.
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EconLit with Full Text This link opens in a new windowPrimary database for economics literature. Indexes journal articles, collective works (edited volumes, conference proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, working papers, and dissertations.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowArchive of scholarly journal articles in full-text. Use Advanced Search to narrow by discipline and/or publication title. *Does not include recent years for many journals; date coverage varies by title.
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Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new windowLiterary guide to significant sources on a variety of subjects. Serves as an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.
