New Balance of Payments for the United States, 1790–1919

Lawrence H. Officer is Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

• Part I. WHY A NEW BALANCE OF PAYMENTS.- Chapter 1. Existing Historical Balance of Payments: A Survey.- Chapter 2. New Balance of Payments: Features and Implications.- Part II. MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE.- Chapter 3. Free People: Oceanic and Overland.- Chapter 4. Slaves: Oceanic.- Chapter 5. Passengers: Domestic.- Part III. MOVEMENT OF GOODS.- Chapter 6. Merchandise Exports.- Chapter 7. Merchandise Imports.- Chapter 8. Gold and Silver.- Chapter 9. Ships and Slaves.- Part IV. MOVEMENT OF FUNDS.- Chapter 10. Unilateral Transfers.- Chapter 11. Capital.- Chapter 12. Income.- Part V. PROVISION OF SERVICES.- Chapter 13. Transportation.- Chapter 14. Travel.- Chapter 15. Fares.- Chapter 16. Financial.- Chapter 17. Military and Slaves.- Part VI. IMPLICATIONS.- Chapter 18. Aggregates and Balances.- Chapter 19. Structure.- Chapter 20. Sectors.- Part VII. CONCLUSIONS.- Chapter 21. Concluding Comments.

“This book provides a definitive treatment of the U.S balance of payments 1790–1919. … The book is a major contribution to U. S economic history. … the book is a monumental effort and its mastery of disparate sources puts it on a par with classics such as Lebergott (1964). It will surely stimulate further research.” (John Devereux, EH Net, eh.net, May, 2022)