__NOTOC__ Economic history is the study of economic change, and of economic phenomena in the past. Economic history is undertaken using both historical methods and the application of economic theory.
Practitioners and advocates of the first approach, which was for long dominant in the United Kingdom, generally regarded economic history as being either an independent discipline or a subfield of history. Practitioners of the second approach, which is more influential in the United States and rapidly extending worldwide, usually regard economic history as a subfield of economics. The term cliometrics (a reference to Clio, the Muse of history) is used to describe the application of econometric techniques to the study of economic history. In France, economic theory and demographics was early integrated into mainstream historiography due to the large inpact of the Annales School of history from the 1920s and onwards.
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Morality - A peer reviewed journal promoting the intellectual exploration of the relationship between economics and morality from both social science and theological perspectives.
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1987 Stock Market Crash Page - A look back at the 1987 stock market crash. Provides a description of the event, charts, and an account of the causes they may have led to the 23% decline.
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1987 Stock Market Crash Page - A look back at the 1987 stock market crash. Provides a description of the event, charts, and an account of the causes that may have led to the 23% decline.
A History of Taxation - A history of taxation in various parts of the world.
Meta Description: [ A history of taxation and tax... a rich source of information, history, policy, thresholds, terminology, and more. ]
Abstracts in Economic History - Provides a forum for economic historians to share information about their works.
American Currency Exhibit - The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's online exhibit of historical US currency, with contextual information on the related status of the money system, banking, and the economy.
An Analysis of the Communist Manifesto - A synopsis, analysis and a downloadable copy of the Communist Manifesto along with a short biography of Marx and Engels.
Meta Description: [ The Communist Manifesto predicted the ultimate downfall of the capitalist system. ]
Ancient Economies - A page edited by Morris Silver devoted to the consideration of unsettled or disputed aspects of ancient economies. (Note: Tripod site with popups.)
Annuity Museum - Online collection of historical documents and memorabilia about annuities, together with a history of annuities and their role in the development of financial markets and retirement planning.
Beyond Face Value - Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency - Online exhibit focusing on slavery depicted in money notes issued and circulated in the South during the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction Era.
Biz/ed Chronologies - Chronologies prepared by Barclays Bank Economics Department covering national (UK) and international events of significance to the economy from the last quarter of 1997 through to the present. There are also pages providing the key facts from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
BizHisto - Covers the history of various areas of business including accounting, capitalism, and finance.
BPubs.com - Economic History Publications - A collection of business articles related to Economic History.
Meta Description: [ Business Publications Related to Economics. ]
Brain Bank - The Oldest Companies - The ten oldest companies in the U.S. by Rank.
Business History - Large resource of histories and stories of American business, including audio and video archives, academic and corporate articles, and fun facts.
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Business History Bibliography - A categorized and annotated list of selected cross discipline information sources for doing research on the history of business. Prepared by the University of Maryland Libraries.
Business History On-Line - H-Business is an on-line newsletter for the Business History Conference.
BusinessPhilosophy.com - Studying the classics and great books in the context of the history of business.
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Center for International Business History, University of Reading - News about business history research and information about the center.
Meta Description: [ Business School - Centre for International Business History (CIBH) ]
Current Value of Old Money - Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money.
Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada - An online directory of archives and other repositories of historical corporate records. Includes directory of professional associations for corporate and industrial archivists.
Dutch National Accounts, 1800-1913 - Analysis of the development of the Dutch Economy in the period 1800-1913. Dutch GNP and its components. Historical statistics.
Economics, Coins and Taxes - Articles on accounting, money, taxation, and other aspects of economics in antiquity.
Meta Description: [ Information on trade, taxation, currency, inflation and attitudes towards money. ]
Economy Professor - A portal of economic principles covering past and current economic theories and theorists.
Meta Description: [ EconomyProfessor.com is an open-content portal of economic theories and theorists. ]
Eh.Net History of Economics Site - Provides access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and economic thought.
Meta Description: [ Provides access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and economic thought. ]
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Euro-Business-History Discussion List - Devoted to scholarly discussion of business history in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
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Historical Prices and Wages - Research and lists of historical prices and wage rates.
Meta Description: [ One of the world's largest documentary and research centres in the field of social history ]
History House: Stories: Tulipomania - Article discussing the historical value of tulip bulbs.
Meta Description: [ Like beanie babies and DrKoop, tulips used to be all the rage. ]
History of Economic Thought - A repository of links and information on the history of economic thought, from the ancient times until the modern day, designed for those interested in learning about economics from a historical perspective.
Meta Description: [ History of Economic Thought Website -- This web site serves as a repository of collected links and information on the history of economic thought, from the ancient times until the modern day. It is designed for students and the general public, who are interested in learning about economics from ... ]
History of Economics - Resources for historians of economic thought provided by EH.Net and the History of Economics Society.
History of Finnish Industry - Brief history of Finnish business and industry.
History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day - Money in its social, political, and economic context from the dawn of history to the end of the 20th century.
History of the Banking Industry - Published by the FDIC, with statistical information starting in 1934, a list of failed banks, and history of deposit insurance.
History of the Eighties - Lessons for the Future - A study prepared by the FDIC's Division of Research and Statistics presents a detailed analysis of the complex combination of causes that led to the extraordinary number of bank failures in the 1980s and early 1990s.
How Much is That Worth Today? - Interactive tool to compare the purchasing power of money in the United States (or colonies) from any year to any other year from the 1600s to today.
International Exchanges of Ideas about Taxation Since 1750 - A research project about the international history of taxation since 1750, based at the University of Cambridge, UK.
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Labour and Business History - WWW Virtual Library - Resources around the world in the field of labour and business history.
Meta Description: [ One of the world's largest documentary and research centres in the field of social history ]
Littlewoods Catalogue History - Seven decades of Littlewoods catalogues for home shopping in Britain. The social history of Littlewoods mail order business from the early 1930s up to the present day.
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Management-History Discussion List - Supports critical and scholarly discussion, reflection and research in the area of management and administrative history.
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Martha Matilda Harper - Business Revolutionary - Martha Matilda Harper Biography
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Merrimack Films - Features on Labor History - Merrimack Films was founded in 1983 to produce and distribute films and videos on labor relations.
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Money Museum - A virtual museum about money in civilization, from antiquity to the present.
Museum of American Financial History - Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
Paperback Books - A multi-part, illustrated history of paperback publishing, with special emphasis on the United States.
SCETI: Corporate Annual Reports - This site contains facsimiles of historic corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection at the University of Pennsylvania.
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corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection at the
University of Pennsylvania. The reports are in Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) and the full text of the reports is indexed and searchable. ]
Sears Archives - More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online.
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Singapore. Socio-economic development . - Singapore An essay - recent history (1960-1980)- on the subject of the socio-economic development of the city-state Singapore - socio development
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Slouching Towards Utopia - Old Draft - An economic history of the 20th Century.
Spindletop - History of the first oil gusher near Beaumont, Texas drilled by Anthony Lucas.
Stock Market Crash! - Learn about historic stock market crashes and other economic calamities.
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Tax History Project - Provides scholars, policymakers, students, the media, and citizens with information about the history of American taxation. The project pursues its mission through a program of web-based documentary publication and original historical research.
Meta Description: [ Tax Analysts' Tax History Project is a public service initiative established in 1995. The Project provides scholars, policymakers, journalists, and the general public with information on the history of U.S. public finance. ]
Technological Innovation in New Zealand - The site tells stories about the technologies important to the New Zealand economy in the 20th Century. Most of these technologies were identified by the end of the First World War.
Meta Description: [ An history of technological innovation in New Zealand and of New Zealand technology ]
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The 19th Century Stock Price Project - Source of stock market data from North American stock exchanges of the nineteenth century.
The Avalon Project : Charter of the Dutch West India Company : 1621 - Full text of the Charter of the Dutch West India Company, 1621.
The Basics of Business History: 100 Events That Shaped a Century - A timeline of significant events in business during the 20th century from TheStreet.com.
The Bubble Project - A collaborative and interdisciplinary research initiative on the subject of the South Sea Bubble, the first great stock-market crash of 1720.
The History of the Dow Jones Averages - Information about how Charles Dow devised the now famous stock averages and a chronology of their activity from 1884 to 1995.
The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency - Specializing in information about the paper moneyof the American colonies.
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The Revival of Commerce and Towns - Lectures in Medieval History, by Lynn Harry Nelson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
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by Lynn Harry Nelson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The
University of
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The US Misery Index - The misery index was initiated by Chicago Economist Robert Barro in the 1970's. It is simply the unemployment rate added to the inflation rate. It is assumed that both a higher rate of unemployment and a worsening of inflation both create economic and social costs for a country.
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The Working-Class Owner-Occupied House of the 1930s - MA thesis by Alan Crisp on the growth of housing in the United Kingdom including the economic, political and social history surrounding its development in the 1930s.
Trade Products in Early Modern History - Indigo, tulips, beaver, and Brazilwood.
Transatlantic Cable Communications - History of the first transatlantic cables linking Britain and North America, the socio-economic impacts, famous messages such as the messages from the Titanic, photos, sound and video files, glossary.
Treasure and Prices in Spain 1505-1650 - Provide statistics to test the idea that the price level is related to the inflow of treasure into the Spanish economy.
Value of a Shilling in 1860 - Provides formula for calculating how much a shilling is worth in today's economy.
Wall Street Museum - Presents galleries of art, architecture, and history of investing and finance, including editorial cartoons and sketches of buildings.
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The Wall-Street.com Museum of Financial Art, Architecture and History presents stock exchanges past and present; US financial history, US and global edtiorial cartoons and coins & treasuries of the world. The exhibits are presented in the form of interactive quizzes. We also provide links... ]
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