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The Great Wave:  Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History by  David Hackett Fischer - First Edition - 1996 - from Twin City Antiquarian Books and Biblio.com
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"Whether or not Mr. Fischer's analyses are complete and correct is not especially important. He has described the past and present in ways that inspire interesting questions and offer novel insights into our condition. Can a historian make a finer contribution?"

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The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History

by Fischer, David Hackett

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Book description: New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996 Full dark green cloth, gilt titles on spine, xvi, 536 pp, maps, many charts, notes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Fischer presents an enormous amount of data on prices since about 1200, which show four great waves of price inflation (we have been in the fourth since 1896) punctuated by periods of price stability. These are correlated in detail to various social phenomena--for example, during the Victorian price equilibrium, per capita alcohol consumption in the United States declined shortly after 1830 from about 7 gallons annually to about 2 gallons, where it remaind for the rest of the 19th century. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

  • Bookseller: Twin City Antiquarian Books US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: ECHI00018
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Fine/Fine
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 019505377X
  • ISBN 13: 9780195053777
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Place: New York & Oxford
  • Date published: 1996
  • Size: 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.75 inches
  • LCCN: HB231.F48 1996
  • Dewey: 338.5/2/09
  • Weight: 2.25 pounds
  • Keywords: Economics Economic History
  • Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General;

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