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1、AmericanEconomicAssociationTheStateofEconomicHistoryAuthor(s):DouglassC.NorthReviewedwork(s):Source:TheAmericanEconomicReview,Vol.55,No.1/2(Mar.1,1965),pp.86-91Publishedby:AmericanEconomicAssociationStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1816246.Accessed:12/01/201309:03Youruseof
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4、gThiscontentdownloadedonSat,12Jan201309:03:25AMAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsECONOMICHISTORY:ITSCONTRIBUTIONTOECONOMICEDUCATION,RESEARCH,ANDPOLICYTHESTATEOFECONOMICHISTORYByDOUGLASSC.NORTHUniversityofWashingtonIwishtomaketwopointsinthispaper:(1)thatthequalityofre-search
5、ineconomichistoryisgenerallyverypoorandthattheeconom-icsprofessionmusttakealargeshareoftheblameand(2)thattheneweconomichistoryfallsshortofthemarkinremedyingthisprob-lem.DespitethefactthatagooddealofeconomichistoryintheUnitedStatesistaughtineconomicsdepartments,thereappearstobes
6、omeschizophreniaonthepartofeconomistsbetweenthewaytheylookatthequalityofresearchineconomichistoryandthewayinwhichtheyregardtheresearchofcolleaguesengagedinotherfieldsofeconomics.Ifeconomistsweretoapplythesamecriticalstandardstoeconomichistorythattheyapplytotherestofthefieldofec
7、onomics,verylittleoftoday'seconomichistorywouldberecognizedashigh-qualityre-search.Thereappearstobeanimplicitnotionthatthecriteriabywhichwejudgeeconomichistoryshoulddifferfromthoseusedinjudgingeconomics.'Ifso,thenweshouldturnthefieldbacktothehistorians,whoatleastwritewithcharma
8、ndstyle.Amoment'sreflectiononthepartofanyeconomistshou
