Jones, Alice Hanson, 1904-1985

Economic historian best known for her studies of colonial American probate inventories and for her book, "Wealth of a Nation to Be : the American Colonies on the Eve of the Revolution." Jones worked for the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Department of Agriculture. She taught economics at Washington University, Saint Louis, Mo., 1963-1985.

From the description of Alice Hanson Jones papers, 1700-1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 506119245