The Evolution Of American Cliometrics

Cliometrics originated from Conrad and Meyer's research about slavery in the United States in 1850 s,the next few decades,it has changed from the empirical research to the quantificat of institution and history of political economy.According to the process of development of cliometrics,it indicates the significance of this method apply to historical research.Although economic history is the main direction of it,but with the passage of time,political history has walked into this field of vision.Through the research of the slavery,railroads and shipping productivity,revealed the advantage of quantitative method in historical explanation.North's study proposed institutional theory of property rights,countries,and ideology,and proves that the system model make it possible to understand deeply about the long period history,not only explain the history from institution and nation,but also introduce some ideology affect,which shows a new direction of historical research;Avner Greif compared different institution to exploration the regularity of history course.Daron Acemoglu used the quantification method into political research,make the unquantifiable content into cliometrics range,combined the quantitative and qualitative,Through research on the works of the major econometric historians in the United States,it is proved that cliometrics has played an indispensable role on the progression of history to the social sciences.Although some historical areas still do not apply and measure research,under the background of the era of big data,quantitative methods are constantly enriching and mature,and will certainly create new chapters for historical research.Through research on the works of the major econometric historians in the United States,it is proved that quantificat history has an indispensable influence on the progression of history to the social sciences.Although some historical areas still do not apply and measure research,under the background of the era of big data,quantitative methods are constantly enriching and mature,historian should mix their advantage and will certainly create new chapters for historical research.