Paul W. Rhode

Creating Abundance

Biological Innovation and American Agricultural Development

This book argues biological innovations played a crucial, if unheralded, role in American agricultural development....

Capital in the Nineteenth Century

Gives permanence and context to Gallman’s influential economic research on growth theory. When we think about history, we often think about people, ...

The Oxford Handbook of American Economic History, vol. 1

American economic history describes the transition of a handful of struggling settlements on the Atlantic seaboard into the nation with the most succe...

The Oxford Handbook of American Economic History, vol. 2

American economic history describes the transition of a handful of struggling settlements on the Atlantic seaboard into the nation with the most succe...

Arresting Contagion

Science, Policy, and Conflicts Over Animal Disease Control

Sixty percent of infectious human diseases are shared with other vertebrates. Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode tell how innovations to combat livestock in...