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The Economic Effects of the American Civil War

  • Textbook
  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. Patrick K. O’brien

    1. St Antony’s College, Oxford, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in Economic and Social History (SESH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-7
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  2. Counterfactual Speculations

    • Patrick K. O’brien
    Pages 9-10

  3. Direct Costs and Economic Causes of the Civil War

    • Patrick K. O’brien
    Pages 11-17

  4. Long-run Costs of War

    • Patrick K. O’brien
    Pages 18-20

  5. The Long-run Costs of Civil War for the South

    • Patrick K. O’brien
    Pages 21-43

  6. Civil War, Emancipation and the Southern Economy: Some Conclusions

    • Patrick K. O’brien
    Pages 44-51

  7. The Northern Economy

    • Patrick K. O’brien
    Pages 52-65

  8. Civil War and the American Economy: Conclusions

    • Patrick K. O’brien
    Pages 66-69

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 70-79
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This is a critical survey of contemporary historical research into the connection between the American Civil War and the long term Economic Growth of the United States. The central focus is on the methods used by economic historians to quantify the economic effects of drastic changes in taxation, government borrowing, and military expenditure, the destruction of human and physical capital, and the demise of slavery, which resulted from the war.

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  • St Antony’s College, Oxford, UK

    Patrick K. O’brien

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