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==''Time on the Cross''==
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The critical reception of Engerman's most widely read work, ''[[Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery]]'' (co-authored with [[Robert Fogel]]) was unique in its public visibility. Reminiscent of [[Charles A. Beard]]'s economic analysis of the Constitution in its longevity, ''Time on the Cross'' made a variety of politically charged claims based on [[cliometrics|cliometric]] quantitative methods. Fogel and Engerman claimed that slavery remained an economically viable institution and slave ownership was generally a profitable investment, slave agriculture was very efficient, and the material conditions of the lives of slaves "compared favorably with those of free industrial workers."<ref>Fogel and Engerman, ''Time on the Cross''(New York: Little Brown, 1974), 5.</ref>{{primary inline}}
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