[PEN-L:4824] Re: intro econ history text

[cfmaw@xxxxxxx (Mark Weisbrot)]

I have used Duboff's "Accumulation and Power"-- a bit hard to read
for freshmen unless they have more than the usual motivation.
But I like it.

Mark Weisbrot


>
> A request to economic historians on the net:  I am part of the teaching team
> for an interdisciplinary course which includes a component on U.S. economic
> history.  Our students are first-semester freshmen with little economics
> background.  Last year we used Heilbroner and Singer, but there is an interest
> in looking at alternatives for next year.  I am not a historian myself and
> have not taught a course in economic history.  Are there any texts that you
> would recommend that cover this terrain reliably and readably?  Please reply
> to me privately. Thanks.
>
> Peter Dorman
>