Charles Knickerbocker Harley is an academic

economic historian Economic history is the study of history using methodological tools from economics or with a special attention to economic phenomena. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of ...

who has written on a wide range of topics including the British

Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a transitional period of the global economy toward more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes, succee ...

, the late nineteenth century international economy, and the impact of

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. He is a practitioner of the New Economic History. At Harvard he studied under

Alexander Gerschenkron Alexander Gerschenkron (; 1 October 1904 – 26 October 1978) was an American economic historian and professor at Harvard University, trained in the German Historical School of economics. Born into a Jewish family in Odessa, then part of the ...

. He completed his dissertation, ''Shipbuilding and Shipping in the Late Nineteenth Century'', on the transition from wooden

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to steel

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, in 1972. He took a professorship at the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

. In 1978 he moved to the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO; branded as Western University) is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thame ...

. In 2005 he joined the faculty of

St. Antony's College, Oxford St Antony's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of French merchant Sir Antonin Besse of Aden, St Antony's specialises in international relations, economics, politic ...

, where he stayed until becoming an Emeritus Fellow in 2011. He has been a frequent collaborator with N.F.R. Crafts. He has been awarded

The Cliometric Society ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

's ''Clio Can'' in 1999 in recognition of his exceptional support of

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and the ''Arthur H. Cole Prize'' by the ''Journal of Economic History'', for his essay, "British Industrialization Before 1841: Evidence of Slower Growth During the Industrial Revolution".;

Selected publications

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Harley, C. Knick (April 2013)
''Slavery, the British Atlantic Economy and the Industrial Revolution''
University of Oxford, Discussion Papers in Economic and Social History. Number 113.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harley, Charles Knickerbocker Living people 1943 births Economic historians Harvard University alumni Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario Fellows of St Antony's College, Oxford