Course Syllabus
Critical essays
Essay #1 (due 9/23): Logan (2023)
Essay #2 (due 10/21): Anderson et al. (forthcoming)
Exams
Material covered for midterm
Topic 0: Introduction and syllabus
Topic 1: (i) Why study economic history? (ii) Crash course in regression analysis
Readings
-Abramitzky (2015) - required
Topic 2: Slavery
-Ch. 13 in course textbook - required
-Wright (2022) - required
-Sacerdote (2005) - required
-Althoff and Reichardt (2023) - optional
-Bleakley and Rhode (2021) - optional
Topic 3: Civil War
-Ch. 14 in course textbook - required
-Feigenbaum et al. (2022) - required
-Heblich and Dippel (2021) - optional
-Wright (1974) - optional
-Goldin and Lewis (1975) - optional
Topic 4: Railroads
-Ch. 16 in course textbook - required
-Hodgson (2018) - required
-Donaldson and Hornbeck (2016) - optional
Topic 5a: Urban mortality transition and the public health revolution (Cleaning water supplies)
-Cutler et al. (2006) - required
-Anderson et al. (2022) - required
-Cutler and Miller (2005) - optional
-Troesken (2002) - optional
-Beach et al. (2022) - optional
-Anderson et al. (2023) - optional
Topic 5b: Urban mortality transition and the public health revolution (Controlling TB)
-Anderson et al. (2019) - required
-Clay et al. (2020) - optional
Topic 5c: Urban mortality transition and the public health revolution (Hospitals and sulfa drugs)
-Thomasson and Treber (2008) - required
-Jayachandra et al. (2010) - optional
-Hollingsworth et al. (2022) - optional
Topic 6: Textiles
-Wright (1981) - required
-Choi (2023) - optional
-Wright (1979) - optional
-Wanamaker (2012) - optional
Topic 7: American labor movement
-Ch. 18 in course textbook - required
-Abramitzky et al. (2023) - required
-Aneja and Xu (2022) - required
-Rees (1963) - optional
-Goldin (1980) - optional
-Goldin and Katz (2011) - optional
Topic 8: Media, Society, and Politics
-Wang (2021) - required
-Tan and Wang (2024) - required
