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Order Nr. 62020 HOW MUCH IS THAT IN REAL MONEY? A HISTORICAL PRICE INDEX FOR USE AS A DEFLATOR OF...

HOW MUCH IS THAT IN REAL MONEY? A HISTORICAL PRICE INDEX FOR USE AS A DEFLATOR OF MONEY VALUES IN THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES.

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 2001. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 132 pages. Revised edition. The well-known economic historian John J. McCusker, the author of Money and Exchange in Europe and America, 1600-1775: A Handbook (2nd ed. Chapel Hill, 1992), has compiled a new edition of his noted vade mecum for use by researchers, teachers, and students in converting prices from any time in the American past as far back as 1665 to their comparable value..... READ MORE

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Introduction                                                 9

How Much Is That In Real Money?                             13

APPENDIX A
Commodity Price Indexes, United States, 1665-2000           41

APPENDIX B
Rates of Exchange--The Relationships of the Currencies
of the Continental Colonies to Great Britain and to
Each Other 1649-1775                                        61

APPENDIX C
Currency in the United States during the American
Revolutionary War and the Early National Period             71

APPENDIX D
Commodity Price Indexes, Great Britain, 1600-2000           89

APPENDIX E
Periods of Expansion and Contraction in the Economy of
the United States, 1665-1853                               107

Bibliography                                               111

Index                                                      135