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Institutional Methodology in Economic History1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2011

Abbott Payson Usher
Abbott Payson Usher
Affiliation:
Harvard University
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The task of reviewing general texts is especially difficult. Many different objectives may legitimately be attempted, and it is easy to allow one's personal interests to enter into the appraisal of objectives. It has long been my conviction that every author should be allowed to choose his objectives and to adopt such means as may be suitable in their fulfillment. Once these choices have been made, the author imposes a task upon himself which may legitimately be examined, both in respect of its intrinsic merit and in respect of the execution of the plan. Mr. Hacker's book presents a number of especially interesting problems in these regards.

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Review Article
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , May 1941 , pp. 88 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © The Economic History Association 1941

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References

2 Gray, L. C., History of Agriculture in Southern United States (Washington, 1933). I, 403Google Scholar.