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 Abstracts in Economic History
Provides a forum for economic historians to share information about their works.
url: eh.net/abstracts/
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.
url: www.frbsf.org/currency/index.html
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.
url: www.indepthinfo.com/communist-manifesto/index.shtm....
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.)
url: sondmor.tripod.com/index-html
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Online collection of historical documents and memorabilia about annuities, together with a history of annuities and their role in the development of financial markets and retirement planning.
url: www.immediateannuities.com/annuitymuseum/
The Avalon Project : Charter of the Dutch West India Company : 1621
Full text of the Charter of the Dutch West India Company, 1621.
url: www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/westind.htm
Banknotes of Different Countries (In Past and Now)
Images of currency of Ukraine, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, USA, Greece, Singapore, and other countries.
url: www.geocities.com/prysjan/in_91.html
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.
url: www.thestreet.com/basics/countdown/747965.html
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.
url: www.lib.lsu.edu/cwc/BeyondFaceValue/index.htm
BPubs.com - Economic History Publications
A collection of business articles related to Economic History.
url: www.bpubs.com/Economics/Economic_History/
Brain Bank - The Oldest Companies
The ten oldest companies in the U.S. by Rank.
url: www.cftech.com/BrainBank/CORPORATEADMINISTRATION/O....
Business History
Large resource of histories and stories of American business, including audio and video archives, academic and corporate articles, and "fun facts."
url: www.businesshistory.net/
Business History On-Line
HBusiness is an online newsletter for the Business History Conference.
url: www.h-net.org/~business/
Center for International Business History, University of Reading
News about business history research and information about the center.
url: www.reading.ac.uk/business/Research/Centres/bus-CI....
Costs and Wages in Great Britain
Shows what a pence, shilling, and pound was actually worth throughout the history of Great Britain.
url: www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/7503/greatbritainmone....
Current Value of Old Money
Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money.
url: www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
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.
url: www.hunterinformation.com/corporat.htm
Dutch National Accounts, 1800-1913
Analysis of the development of the Dutch Economy in the period 18001913. Dutch GNP and its components. Historical statistics.
url: nationalaccounts.niwi.knaw.nl
Economic History Association
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.
url: eh.net/EHA/
Economic History of Colonial Latin American and Western US
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.
url: www.historydatadesk.com
Economic History of the World
A weblog about economic history of the world, together with some history of technology and related entries.
url: www.simun.info/ehlog/
The Economic History Society
The society publishes a periodical and works to promote the study of economic and social history.
url: www.ehs.org.uk/
Economics, Coins and Taxes
Articles on accounting, money, taxation, and other aspects of economics in antiquity.
url: ancienthistory.about.com/cs/economics/index.htm
Economy Professor
A portal of economic principles covering past and current economic theories and theorists.
url: www.economyprofessor.com/
History House: Stories: Tulipomania
Article discussing the historical value of tulip bulbs.
url: www.historyhouse.com/in_history/tulip/
The History Mechanics
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.
url: www.geocities.com/historymech/
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.
url: cepa.newschool.edu/het/
History of Economics
Provides access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and economic thought.
url: historyofeconomics.org/
History of Economics
Resources for historians of economic thought provided by EH.Net and the History of Economics Society.
url: www.eh.net/
History of Finnish Industry
Brief history of Finnish business and industry.
url: virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/teollisuus.html
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.
url: www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html
A History of Taxation
A history of taxation in various parts of the world.
url: www.taxworld.org/History/TaxHistory.htm
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.
url: www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/history/
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.
url: www.cftech.com/BrainBank/FINANCE/DowJonesAvgsHist.....
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.
url: www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/history/contents.html
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.
url: www.eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/dollarq.php
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.
url: www-histecon.kings.cam.ac.uk/research/taxation_ide....
Journal of Markets & Morality
A peer reviewed journal promoting the intellectual exploration of the relationship between economics and morality from both social science and theological perspectives.
url: www.marketsandmorality.com/
The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency
Specializing in information about the paper moneyof the American colonies.
url: www.virginia.edu/~econ/brock.html
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.
url: www.thecatalogshop.co.uk
Merrimack Films - Features on Labor History
Merrimack Films was founded in 1983 to produce and distribute films and videos on labor relations.
url: www.merrimack-films.com/history.html
Money Museum
A virtual museum about money in civilization, from antiquity to the present.
url: www.moneymuseum.com/index_english.html
Museum of American Financial History
Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
url: www.financialhistory.org/
Paperback Books
A multipart, illustrated history of paperback publishing, with special emphasis on the United States.
url: paperbarn.www1.50megs.com/Paperbacks/index.htm
SCETI: Corporate Annual Reports
This site contains facsimiles of historic corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection at the University of Pennsylvania.
url: oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/collections/lippin....
Sears Archives
More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online.
url: www.searsarchives.com
Singapore. Socio-economic development .
Singapore An essay recent history (19601980) on the subject of the socioeconomic development of the citystate Singapore socio development
url: www.cranendonk.com/singapore.htm
Slouching Towards Utopia - Old Draft
An economic history of the 20th Century.
url: econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_Old.html
Spindletop
History of the first oil gusher near Beaumont, Texas drilled by Anthony Lucas.
url: sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/jan99/spindletop.html
Stock Market Crash!
Learn about historic stock market crashes and other economic calamities.
url: www.stock-market-crash.net
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.
url: www.lope.ca/markets/1987crash/
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 webbased documentary publication and original historical research.
url: www.taxhistory.org/
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.
url: www.techhistory.co.nz/
Trade Products in Early Modern History
Indigo, tulips, beaver, and Brazilwood.
url: www.bell.lib.umn.edu/Products/Products.html
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.
url: www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/spgold.htm
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.
url: www.miseryindex.us
Wall Street Museum
Presents galleries of art, architecture, and history of investing and finance, including editorial cartoons and sketches of buildings.
url: www.wallstreetmuseum.org
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.
url: www.thesis.clara.net
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