Associate Professor, Economics
Jeff Hummel is the author of Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War (Chicago: Open Court, 1996). He teaches both economics and history, and before joining the SJSU economics faculty in the fall of 2002, lectured as an adjunct at Golden Gate University and Santa Clara University. He served in the U.S. Army as a tank platoon leader during the early seventies, was Publications Director for the Independent Institute in Oakland, CA, in the late eighties, and was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, for the 2001-2002 academic year.
Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War
(Chicago: Open Court, 1996).
Professor Hummel is currently preparing a second book for publication :
Deadweight Loss and the American Civil War: The Political Economy of Slavery, Secession, and Emancipation (Publication date to be announced.)
Select working papers:
Scripts for audio tapes produced by Knowledge Products:
Articles and reviews published in:
Contributions to:
ECON 1A: Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 102: Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON/HIST 113A: Economic History of the United States (formerly Econ 111)
ECON 135: Money and Banking
ECON 202: Seminar in Macroeconomic Analysis (Graduate)
ECON 235: Seminar in Monetary Theory (Graduate)
HIST 176: The American Way of War: Civil War (History Dept.)
E-mail
jeffrey.hummel@sjsu.edu
Phone Number
(408) 924-5418 (Campus office)
(925) 926-0807 (Home office)
Office Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays, by appointment
Syllabi, Fall 2011
Econ 102
Econ 135
Econ 202
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