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John J. McCusker II is the Ewing Halsell Distinguished Professor of American History and Professor of Economics atTrinity University,San Antonio,Texas.^[1]

McCusker grew up in upstateNew York. He did graduate work at theUniversity of Rochester, where he studied withRobert W. Fogel, the 1993Nobel Laureate in Economic Science; at theUniversity College of theUniversity of London, where he worked underHarry C. Allen; and at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, whereCarter Goodrich directed his doctoral dissertation, receiving his degree in 1970.

McCusker taught at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park for 24 years. In 1992, he moved to Texas, and taught atTrinity University until he retired in 2015.^[2] He offered courses in the general US history, US economic and business history, and the history of seventeenth and eighteenth century British America. In addition he has served, in an honorary capacity, since 1994 as Adjunct Professor of early American History at theUniversity of Texas, inAustin.

• Money and Exchange in Europe and America, 1600-1775: A Handbook (1978; reissued with corrections, 1992)ISBN 978-0-8078-4367-3
• European Marine Lists and Bills of Entry: Early Commercial Publications and the Origins of the Business Press (1985)
• The Economy of British America, 1607-1789 (1985; 2nd ed., with a supplementary bibliography, 1991), co-authored withRussell MenardISBN 978-0-8078-4351-2
• Rum and the American Revolution: The Rum Trade and the Balance of Payments of the Thirteen Continental Colonies (1989)
• The Beginnings of Commercial and Financial Journalism: The Commodity Price Currents, Exchange Rate Currents, and Money Currents of Early Modern Europe (1991), co-authored withCora Gravesteijn
• How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (1992; reprinted, 1993; 2nd ed., rev., 2001)
• Essays in the Economic History of the Atlantic World (1997)ISBN 978-0415168410
• Co-edited withKenneth Morgan,The Early Modern Atlantic Economy (2001)ISBN 978-0521782494

The Economy of British America won two honors: the Outstanding Academic Book for 1985–1986 byChoice and a Distinguished Book Award, Honorable Mention, by theSociety of Colonial Wars.

McCusker is married toAnn Van Pelt; they have five children: Terrie F. Conner, Kenneth W. Florance, John J. McCusker III, Patrick W. McCusker and Margaret E. McCusker.

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• Professor John J. McCusker, Trinity University website

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