Stanley Engerman
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Stanley Engerman is an economist and economic historian at the University of Rochester. He received his PhD. in economics in 1962 from Johns Hopkins University. Engerman is known for his quantitative historical work along with Nobel prize winning economist Robert Fogel. His first major book, co-authored with Robert Fogel in 1974, was Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery. This significant work, winner of the Bancroft Prize in American history, challenged readers to think critically about the economics of slavery. Dr. Engerman has also published over 100 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited 16 book-length studies.
Engerman served as President of the Social Science History Association as well as President of the Economic History Association.
