Gavin Wright
William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History
Contact Info:
[email protected]
http://www.stanford.edu/~write
Page in Stanford Directory
Phone: 650-723-3837
Office: Landau Economics, room 329
Office hours: By email appointment
Interests
- Research:
American economic history, the U.S. South, technology, natural resources and economic development
- Current Research:
The economics of the Civil Rights revolution in the American South
- Teaching:
American economic history, graduate and undergraduate, introductory economics, social science history workshop
- Professional Affiliations:
AEA, Economic History Association, Cliometrics Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Recent Publications
(1) “National Leadership and Competing Technological Paradigms: The Globalization of Cotton Spinning, 1878-1933,” (with Gary Saxonhouse), Journal of Economic History (September 2010)
(2) “The Industrious Revolution in America,” in Laura Cruz and Joel Mokyr (eds.), The Birth of Modern Europe: Culture and Economy 1400-1800 (Brill, 2010).
(3) “The Stanford Tradition in Economic History,” in Paul Rhode, Joshua Rosenbloom, and David Weiman (eds.), Economic Evolution and Revolution in Historical Time (Stanford University Press, 2011).
List of Stanford Working Papers
Current Courses
Education
Ph.D., Yale University; B.A., Swarthmore College