Economic growth before 1860 : revised conjectures / Thomas Weiss -- U.S. financial markets and long-term economic growth, 1790-1989 / Richard Sylla, Jack W. Wilson, and Charles P. Jones -- U.S. migration, 1850-59 / Donald Schaefer -- Economic history and economic development : an American...

One of the principal types of wealth accumulation in the United States has been real property, especially in the form of homes as the society became more urban and less agricultural. At present, almost two-thirds of all American households reside in owner-occupied structures. The present paper...