Course Syllabus
Critical essays
Essay #1 (due 9/29): Feir et al. (2024)
Essay #2 (due 10/27): Anderson et al. (2020)
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
Readings
-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
Readings
-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
Readings
-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)
Readings
-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)
Readings
-Anderson et al. (2019) - required
-Clay et al. (2020) - optional
Topic 5c: Urban mortality transition and the public health revolution (Hospitals and sulfa drugs)
Readings
-Thomasson and Treber (2008) - optional
-Jayachandra et al. (2010) - required
-Hollingsworth et al. (2022) - optional
Topic 6: American labor movement
Readings
-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 7: Media, Society, and Politics
Readings
-Wang (2021) - required
-Wang and Tan (2026) - required
Topic 8: Civil Rights (papers TBD)
