Economic History

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.

Full text of the Charter of the Dutch West India Company, 1621.

Money in its social, political, and economic context from the dawn of history to the end of the 20th century.

Specializing in information about the paper moneyof the American colonies.

Indigo, tulips, beaver, and Brazilwood.

A timeline of significant events in business during the 20th century from TheStreet.com.

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.

Resources for historians of economic thought provided by EH.Net and the History of Economics Society.

Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.

Information about how Charles Dow devised the now famous stock averages and a chronology of their activity from 1884 to 1995.

The ten oldest companies in the U.S. by Rank.

An online directory of archives and other repositories of historical corporate records. Includes directory of professional associations for corporate and industrial archivists.

Analysis of the development of the Dutch Economy in the period 1800-1913. Dutch GNP and its components. Historical statistics.

Online exhibit focusing on slavery depicted in money notes issued and circulated in the South during the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction Era.

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.

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.

A collection of business articles related to Economic History.

A virtual museum about money in civilization, from antiquity to the present.

Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money.

Singapore An essay - recent history (1960-1980)- on the subject of the socio-economic development of the city-state Singapore - socio development

Merrimack Films was founded in 1983 to produce and distribute films and videos on labor relations.

Brief history of Finnish business and industry.

Shows what a pence, shilling, and pound was actually worth throughout the history of Great Britain.

Provide statistics to test the idea that the price level is related to the inflow of treasure into the Spanish economy.

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.

Articles on accounting, money, taxation, and other aspects of economics in antiquity.

Large resource of histories and stories of American business, including audio and video archives, academic and corporate articles, and "fun facts."

History of the first oil gusher near Beaumont, Texas drilled by Anthony Lucas.

Images of currency of Ukraine, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, USA, Greece, Singapore, and other countries.

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.

A synopsis, analysis and a downloadable copy of the Communist Manifesto along with a short biography of Marx and Engels.

A peer reviewed journal promoting the intellectual exploration of the relationship between economics and morality from both social science and theological perspectives.

This site contains facsimiles of historic corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection at the University of Pennsylvania.

An economic history of the 20th Century.

Article discussing the historical value of tulip bulbs.

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.

New classification of an economic crisis: stagflation and overproduction. Virrual money. Flaws of the comparative advantage theory. Laws for evolution of economic and political systems.

Published by the FDIC, with statistical information starting in 1934, a list of failed banks, and history of deposit insurance.

More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online.

A multi-part, illustrated history of paperback publishing, with special emphasis on the United States.

H-Business is an on-line newsletter for the Business History Conference.

Presents galleries of art, architecture, and history of investing and finance, including editorial cartoons and sketches of buildings.

A history of taxation in various parts of the world.

A page edited by Morris Silver devoted to the consideration of unsettled or disputed aspects of ancient economies. (Note: Tripod site with popups.)

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.

Learn about historic stock market crashes and other economic calamities.

A portal of economic principles covering past and current economic theories and theorists.

A research project about the international history of taxation since 1750, based at the University of Cambridge, UK.

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.

Provides a forum for economic historians to share information about their works.

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.

Site contains data on mining, prices, wages, agriculture, commerce and government that may be dowloaded. Also colonial treasury accounts known as caja accounts. Extensive economic history bibliography.

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.

A weblog about economic history of the world, together with some history of technology and related entries.

Founded in 1940 to encourage and promote teaching, research and publication on every phase of economic history, and to encourage and assist in the preservation and administration of research materials in the field.

The society publishes a periodical and works to promote the study of economic and social history.

Provides access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and economic thought.

News about business history research and information about the center.

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