Gavin Wright
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For the violinist, see Gavyn Wright.
Gavin Wright is an economic historian and the William Robertson Co-Professor of American economic history at Stanford University. He is well known for his propensity for wearing sweater vests to Economics outings.
Most of Wright's research has focused on the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement.
Works
- The Political Economy of the Cotton South: Households, Markets, and Wealth in the Nineteenth Century. New York: W. W. Norton, 1978. ISBN 0-393-09038-8.
- Old South, New South: Revolutions in the Southern Economy Since the Civil War. New York: Basic Books, 1986. ISBN 0-8071-2098-7.
- Slavery and American Economic Development. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-8071-3183-0.
External links
- Stanford faculty bio
- SIEPR bio
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