----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- I am currently writing the proposal for my dissertation, "The Construction of the Consumer Price Index, 1919-1975: Theory, Practice, and Politics." As the title implies, I will examine the theory and practice behind the calculation of the CPI and the efforts of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to establish it as a credible and meaningful economic statistic. I am a graduate student in the history of science, and so I am relatively familiar with the literature on the history of statistics from a history or sociology of science perspective (eg., Ted Porter, Ian Hacking, Donald Mackenzie, etc.). However, I know much less about work in the history of economics (or economic history), and unfortunately, no one in my department knows very much either. If anyone here has suggestions about particular authors, articles, books, etc. that I should take a look at, I would appreciate hearing your thoughts. Thank you, Tom Stapleford Harvard University ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]