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McCusker, John J. was born on August 12, 1939 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of John James and Helen Ida (Esse) McCusker.
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The handbook explains how money and exchange functioned as elements of the American economy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; it also provides sufficient technical and statistical information to allow the reader to convert a sum recorded in one currency into its equivalent in another. McCusker combines this with a compilation of exhaustive tables that give the commercial rate of exchange between London and the major cities of Europe and the British colonies.
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By the American Revolution, the farmers and city-dwellers of British America had achieved, individually and collectively, considerable prosperity. The nature and extent of that success are still unfolding. In this first comprehensive assessment of where research on prerevolutionary economy stands, what it seeks to achieve, and how it might best proceed, the authors discuss those areas in which traditional work remains to be done and address new possibilities for a 'new economic history.'
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This book is a historical commodity price index for use as a deflator of money values in the economy in the United States.
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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 in today's dollars. This monograph presents a consistent commodity price index that extends across as much as possible of the history of the United States. McCusker's clear introduction discusses the theory and practice behind the construction of historical price indexes, points out their uses and limitations, and provides step-by-step instructions and some examples to making the conversion from past prices, even those expressed in colonial currency, to today's values. In addition to supplying consumer price index tables for the United States since 1665, McCusker's work also includes comparable tables for Great Britain going back to 1600, making a valuable reference work even more useful. He also explains how users may keep this reference tool current by obtaining the monthly and annual consumer price index figures provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the comparable agency in the United Kingdom. The work is rounded out by a comprehensive bibliography of sources on historical prices and related subjects, allowing interested readers to pursue the subject matter. 132 pages. paperback. 6 x 9 inches.
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professor of economics Distinguished Professor
McCusker, John J. was born on August 12, 1939 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of John James and Helen Ida (Esse) McCusker.
He did graduate work at the University of Rochester, where he studied with Robert W. Fogel, the 1993 Nobel Laureate in Economic Science. At the University College of the University of London, where he worked under Harry C. Allen. And at the University of Pittsburgh, where Carter Goodrich directed his doctoral dissertation, receiving his degree in 1970.
Lecturer St. Francis Xavier University, Antogonish, Nova Scotia, 1965-1966. From lecturer to professor University Maryland, College Park, 1968-1992. Ewing Halsell distinguished professor American history, professor economics Trinity University, San Antonio, since 1992.
Visiting research associate Smithsonian Institution, 1969-1970. Visiting assistant professor College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1972-1973. Visiting research professor Katholieke Universteit Leuven, Belgium, 1984-1985.
Adjunct professor early American history University Texas, Austin, since 1994.
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Author: Money and Exchange in Europe and America, 1600-1775, 1978, European Bills of Entry and Marine Lists: Early Commercial Publications and the Origins of Business Press, 1985, The Economy of British America, 1607-1789, 1985, (with Russell R. Menard) The Economy of Early America: The Revolutionary Period, 1763-1790, 1988, The Beginnings of Commercial and Financial Journalism: The Commodity Price Currents, Exchange Rate Currents and Money Currents, 1991 (with Cora Gravesteijn) Rum and the American Revolution: The Rum Trade and the Balance of Payments of the Thirteen Continental Colonies, 1989, 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, 1992. Member editorial board Business History review, since 1980, Economic History Association, 1984-1989. Contributor articles to professional journals, chapters to books.
Advisor/participant talented and gifted program Prince George's County, Maryland., 1973-1982. Counselor merit badges on American business, Boy Scouts American, 1979-1983. Judge science fair Oxon Hill Senior High School, Prince George's County, Maryland., 1981-1983.
Seminar leader in-service day for social studies teachers, Baltimore, 1985. Board directors Chamber Music Society, San Antonio, since 1993. Fellow Royal History Society.
Member American History Association, Organisation American Historians, American Antiquarian Society (Fred Harris Daniels fellow 1980-1981, editorial board since 1989), American Association Netherlandic Studies, American Society Eighteenth-Century Studies, International Maritime Economics History Association, Economisch-HistorischVereniging, Nederlandse Verenigning voor Zeegeschiedenis, KoninklijkInstituut voor Taal-, Land-en Volkenkunde, British Association American Studies, Institute United States Studies, Society Nautical Research, Economics History Society, Société Française d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer, Association Caribbean Historians, Barbados Museum and History Society, Société d'Histoire de la Guadeloupe, History Society Pennsylvania (publications committee 1980-1993), New York State History Association, Maryland. History Society, Washington Area Economics History Seminar, Virginia History Society, Associations Institute Early American History and Culture (county member 1995-1998), Associations John Carter Brown Library., Associations James Ford Bell Library., Economics History Association (nominating committee 1985-1986, 92-93, audit committee 1988, 94-), Cliometrics Society, Cosmos Club, Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Ann L. Van Pelt. Children from a previous marriage: John Jay III, Patrick W., Margaret E.
