Thomas J. Weiss (born July 21, 1942) is an emeritus professor of Economics at the
University of Kansas and a research associate at the
National Bureau of Economic Research. His research has investigated colonial economic growth and development and the growth of service sector. His work has been recognised by The Cliometric Society via their awarding him a ''Clio Can'' in recognition his ''of exceptional support of cliometrics''. Between 1988 and 1992 he served as one of the two co-editors of the
Journal of Economic History.
National Bureau of Economic Research: Thomas Weiss
Accessed Dec 2011)
Selected publications
* Weiss, Thomas J.(1975) ''The Service Sector in the United States, 1839 through 1899''. New York, Arno Press
* Weiss, Thomas J.and Fred Bateman (eds)(1981) ''A Deplorable Scarcity: The Failure of Industrialization in the Antebellum South'', Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
* Weiss, Thomas J. and D. Schaefer (eds)(1994) ''Economic Development in Historical Perspective'', Stanford University Press
References
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1942 births
Living people
Economic historians
University of Kansas faculty