Postal Data Analysis and US Economic History in the 19th Century : Measuring Business Cycles and Social Mobility

by Emily Sanders , Mengyue Zhao , Michael O'Reilly , Robert Dimand , Thomas Velk

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Anthem Impact

ISBN-10 1839990732

ISBN-13 9781839990731

Publisher Anthem Press

Imprint Anthem Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 31st, 2025

Print length 100 Pages

Weight 454 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 15.30 x 1.30 cms

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This book uses unexploited postal data to explore regional economic fluctuations in the nineteenth-century United States and to study social mobility and status among postmasters, particularly women and African Americans.

This book uses the published compensation of US postmasters to find the revenues of each post office through most of the nineteenth century, providing a proxy for economic activity in the area served by each post office for every two-year period. This disaggregated, high-frequency measure of economic activity makes it possible to see, for example, the impact of railway construction on economic activity or the way in which business cycles differed across regions. Data on postmasters and their compensation also provide insight into social mobility and status, with emphasis on female and African American postmasters and on the transmission of postmaster positions within families.

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