The Handbook of HistoricalEconomicsguides students and researchers through a quantitative economic history that uses fully up-to-date econometric methods. The book's coverage of statistics applied to the social sciences makes it invaluable to a broad readership. As new sources and applications of data in every economic field are enabling economists to ask and answer new fundamental questions, this book presents an up-to-date reference on the topics at hand. Provides an historical outline of the two cliometric revolutions, highlighting the similarities and the differences between the twoSurveys the issues and principal results of the "second cliometric revolution"Explores innovations in formulating hypotheses and statistical testing, relating them to wider trends in data-driven, empirical economics | The Handbook Of Historical Economics by Alberto Bisin, Paperback | Indigo Chapters