Earl J. Hamilton (1899 - 1989; J from Jefferson) was an American historian, one of the founders of economic history.
He was proffessor of Duke University from 1927 to 1944; Northwestern University from 1944 to 1947, and University of Chicago from 1947 to 1967. The State University of New York nominated him Distinguished Professor of Economic History (1966 -1969). Editor of Journal of Political Economy for seven years. Presidente of Economic History Association (1951-1952).
His major contribution was the history of prices in colonial Spain: the concept of Price Revolution in XVI century. The work of Hamilton was coincident intelectually with keynesianism and contemporary 1929 crisis.
Works
- El tesoro americano y la revolución de los precios en España, 1501-1650
- Guerra y precios en España, 1651-1800
- Money, prices and wages in Valencia, Aragon and Navarre, 1351-1500 (Cambridge, Mass., 1936).
External links
- Earl J. Hamilton Papers on the Economic History of Spain 1351-1830 Duke University.