Philip T. Hoffman
Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of History and Social Science
Office Address:
Division of the Humanities
and Social Sciences
Mail Code: 228-77
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California 91125
Phone: + (626) 395-4085
Fax : + (626) 405-9841
E-mail: pth@hss.caltech.edu
Research
Vita
Papers
The Political Economy of Warfare and Taxation in Europe, China, and the early United States
Agriculture: Property Rights and Tenure Systems
Prices and Real Inequality in Europe Since 1500
Why did Europeans Conquer the World is available at
http://gpih.ucdavis.edu/files/Hoffman.pdf
Watson lecture on why Europeans conquered the world, see
http://today.caltech.edu/theater/results.tcl?query_string=Hoffman
Recent Books
For my 2007 book on financial crises,
Surviving Large Losses
, see:
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HOFSUR.html
For
Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development
, see:
http://books.cambridge.org/0521820545.htm
For the new paperback edition of
Growth in a Traditional Society
, see:
Growth in a Traditional Society
For the English edition of
Priceless Markets
, see:
Priceless Markets
For the French edition of
Priceless Markets
, see:
Des Marchés sans Prix
For
Fiscal Crises, Liberty, and Representative Government
, see:
Fiscal Crises, Liberty, and Representative Government
Recent Articles
Real Inequality in Europe Since 1500