Earl Jefferson Hamilton (1899 – 7 May 1989) was an American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

, one of the founders of

economic history Economic history is the academic learning of economies or economic events of the past. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and i ...

, and a prominent hispanist.

Biography

Hamilton was born in

Houlka, Mississippi New Houlka (), also referred to simply as Houlka, is a town in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. It was founded in 1904 to take advantage of a railway line of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. Residents moved their buildings over from ...

. He was married to Gladys Dallas Hamilton, and had one daughter, Sita Hamilton. Earl and Gladys did extensive research on the economic history of

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. He was professor of Duke University from 1927 to 1944;

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

from 1944 to 1947, and

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

from 1947 to 1967. The State University of New York appointed him ''Distinguished Professor of Economic History'' (1966–1969). Editor of '' Journal of Political Economy'' for seven years. President of ''

Economic History Association The Economic History Association (EHA) was founded in 1940 to "encourage and promote teaching, research, and publication on every phase of economic history and to help preserve and administer materials for research in economic history". It publi ...

'' (1951–1952). His major contribution was the history of prices in Spain: the concept of

Price Revolution The Price Revolution, sometimes known as the Spanish Price Revolution, was a series of economic events that occurred between the second half of the 15th century and the first half of the 17th century, and most specifically linked to the high rate o ...

in the 16th century. The work of Hamilton was coincident intellectually with

keynesianism Keynesian economics ( ; sometimes Keynesianism, named after British economist John Maynard Keynes) are the various macroeconomic theories and models of how aggregate demand (total spending in the economy) strongly influences economic output ...

and contemporary

crisis of 1929 The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It started in September and ended late in October, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange colla ...

. He started his work on this topic within the

International scientific committee on price history The International scientific committee on price history was created in 1929 by William Beveridge and Edwin Francis Gay thanks to a five-years grant of the Rockefeller Foundation. The national representatives were William Beveridge for Great Britain, ...

, within which he was responsible for Spain.Julien Demade, ''Produire un fait scientifique. Beveridge et le Comité international d'histoire des prix'', Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2018, p. 57. . He died on 7 May 1989.

Works

* ''American Treasure and the Price Revolution in Spain, 1501-1650'' Harvard Economic Studies, 43. Cambridge, Massachusetts:

Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retir ...

, 1934. * ''Money, prices and wages in Valencia, Aragon and Navarre, 1351-1500'' Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1936 * ''War and Prices in Spain, 1651-1800'' Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 1947

References

External links

''Earl J. Hamilton Papers on the Economic History of Spain 1351-1830''
Duke University.

University of Chicago.

Asociación Española de Historia Económica. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Earl J. 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers American Hispanists 1989 deaths 1899 births Economic historians People from Chickasaw County, Mississippi 20th-century American male writers Journal of Political Economy editors

Biography

Works

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