Discover how American agriculture tripled its farms and population from 1860–1910, marking the most dramatic expansion in U.S. farming ...

For at least the past half century, most economists have viewed the history of slavery in the United States as morally abhorrent but economically advantageous. The argument has run that allocating ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Social Science History seeks to advance the study of the past by publishing research that appeals to the journal's ...