Research Guides: ECON 2P10: United States Economic History: Find Background Info & Books

Key Subject Encyclopedias

Subject encyclopedias are useful for obtaining overviews of topics in a particular subject area or field of study. The following titles are recommended sources on U.S. Economic History:

EH.net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History

New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Second Edition
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Publication Date: 2015
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History by Joel Mokyr (Editor)
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Publication Date: 2003
The Oxford Companion to United States History by Paul S. Boyer (Editor)
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Publication Date: 2001
The Cambridge economic history of the United States by Stanley L. Engerman (Editor); Robert E. Gallman (Editor)
Volume 1. The Colonial Era; Volume 2. The Long Nineteenth Century: Volume 3. The Twentieth Century. Available in full text in the Cambridge Histories Online Database.

The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Volume 1, The Colonial Era
The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Volume 2, The long nineteenth century
The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Volume 3, The twentieth century