Knowledge: economic history
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- Biz/ed Chronologies
http://bized.ac.uk/dataserv/chron/ - 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.
- BusinessPhilosophy.com
http://businessphilosophy.com - Studying the classics and great books in the context of the history of business.
- American Currency Exhibit
http://www.frbsf.org/currency/index.html - 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.
- The Avalon Project : Charter of the Dutch West India Company : 1621
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/westind.htm - Full text of the Charter of the Dutch West India Company, 1621.
- History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html - Money in its social, political, and economic context from the dawn of history to the end of the 20th century.
- The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency
http://www.virginia.edu/~econ/brock.html - Specializing in information about the paper moneyof the American colonies.
- Trade Products in Early Modern History
http://www.bell.lib.umn.edu/Products/Products.html - Indigo, tulips, beaver, and Brazilwood.
- The Basics of Business History: 100 Events That Shaped a Century
http://www.thestreet.com/basics/countdown/747965.html - A timeline of significant events in business during the 20th century from TheStreet.com.
- Tax History Project
http://www.taxhistory.org/ - 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.
- History of Economics
http://www.eh.net/ - Resources for historians of economic thought provided by EH.Net and the History of Economics Society.
- Museum of American Financial History
http://www.financialhistory.org/ - Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
- The History of the Dow Jones Averages
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/FINANCE/DowJonesAvgsHist.html - Information about how Charles Dow devised the now famous stock averages and a chronology of their activity from 1884 to 1995.
- Brain Bank - The Oldest Companies
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/CORPORATEADMINISTRATION/OldestCos.html - The ten oldest companies in the U.S. by Rank.
- Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada
http://www.hunterinformation.com/corporat.htm - 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
http://nationalaccounts.niwi.knaw.nl - Analysis of the development of the Dutch Economy in the period 1800-1913. Dutch GNP and its components. Historical statistics.
- Beyond Face Value - Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/cwc/BeyondFaceValue/index.htm - Online exhibit focusing on slavery depicted in money notes issued and circulated in the South during the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction Era.
- History of the Eighties - Lessons for the Future
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/history/contents.html - 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.
- History of Economic Thought
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/ - 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.
- BPubs.com - Economic History Publications
http://www.bpubs.com/Economics/Economic_History/ - A collection of business articles related to Economic History.
- Money Museum
http://www.moneymuseum.com/index_english.html - A virtual museum about money in civilization, from antiquity to the present.
- Current Value of Old Money
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html - Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money.
- Singapore. Socio-economic development .
http://www.cranendonk.com/singapore.htm - Singapore An essay - recent history (1960-1980)- on the subject of the socio-economic development of the city-state Singapore - socio development
- Merrimack Films - Features on Labor History
http://www.merrimack-films.com/history.html - Merrimack Films was founded in 1983 to produce and distribute films and videos on labor relations.
- History of Finnish Industry
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/teollisuus.html - Brief history of Finnish business and industry.
- Costs and Wages in Great Britain
http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/7503/greatbritainmoney.html - Shows what a pence, shilling, and pound was actually worth throughout the history of Great Britain.
- Treasure and Prices in Spain 1505-1650
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/spgold.htm - 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
http://www.regiments.org/wombats/classics/CKSHILLG.TXT - Provides formula for calculating how much a shilling is worth in today's economy.
- The Bubble Project
http://is.dal.ca/~dmcneil/bubble.html - A collaborative and interdisciplinary research initiative on the subject of the South Sea Bubble, the first great stock-market crash of 1720.
- Technological Innovation in New Zealand
http://www.techhistory.co.nz/ - 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.
- Economics, Coins and Taxes
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/economics/index.htm - Articles on accounting, money, taxation, and other aspects of economics in antiquity.
- Business History
http://www.businesshistory.net/ - Large resource of histories and stories of American business, including audio and video archives, academic and corporate articles, and "fun facts."
- Spindletop
http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/jan99/spindletop.html - History of the first oil gusher near Beaumont, Texas drilled by Anthony Lucas.
- Banknotes of Different Countries (In Past and Now)
http://www.geocities.com/prysjan/in_91.html - Images of currency of Ukraine, Austria, Brasil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, USA, Greece, Singapore, and other countries.
- How Much is That Worth Today?
http://www.eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/dollarq.php - 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.
- An Analysis of the Communist Manifesto
http://www.indepthinfo.com/communist-manifesto/index.shtml - A synopsis, analysis and a downloadable copy of the Communist Manifesto along with a short biography of Marx and Engels.
- Journal of Markets & Morality
http://www.marketsandmorality.com/ - A peer reviewed journal promoting the intellectual exploration of the relationship between economics and morality from both social science and theological perspectives.
- SCETI: Corporate Annual Reports
http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/collections/lippincott/ - This site contains facsimiles of historic corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Slouching Towards Utopia - Old Draft
http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_Old.html - An economic history of the 20th Century.
- History House: Stories: Tulipomania
http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/tulip/ - Article discussing the historical value of tulip bulbs.
- The Working-Class Owner-Occupied House of the 1930s
http://www.thesis.clara.net - 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.
- The History Mechanics
http://www.geocities.com/historymech/ - 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.
- History of the Banking Industry
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/history/ - Published by the FDIC, with statistical information starting in 1934, a list of failed banks, and history of deposit insurance.
- Sears Archives
http://www.searsarchives.com - More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online.
- Paperback Books
http://paperbarn.www1.50megs.com/Paperbacks/index.htm - A multi-part, illustrated history of paperback publishing, with special emphasis on the United States.
- Business History On-Line
http://www.h-net.org/~business/ - H-Business is an on-line newsletter for the Business History Conference.
- Wall Street Museum
http://www.wallstreetmuseum.org - Presents galleries of art, architecture, and history of investing and finance, including editorial cartoons and sketches of buildings.
- A History of Taxation
http://www.taxworld.org/History/TaxHistory.htm - A history of taxation in various parts of the world.
- Ancient Economies
http://sondmor.tripod.com/index-html - A page edited by Morris Silver devoted to the consideration of unsettled or disputed aspects of ancient economies. (Note: Tripod site with popups.)
- The US Misery Index
http://www.miseryindex.us - 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.
- Stock Market Crash!
http://www.stock-market-crash.net - Learn about historic stock market crashes and other economic calamities.
- Eh.Net History of Economics Site
http://www.eh.net/HE/ - Provides access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and economic thought.
- Economy Professor
http://www.economyprofessor.com/ - A portal of economic principles covering past and current economic theories and theorists.
- BizHisto
http://www.bizhisto.com - Covers the history of various areas of business including accounting, capitalism, and finance.
- International Exchanges of Ideas about Taxation Since 1750
http://www-histecon.kings.cam.ac.uk/research/taxation_ideas.htm - A research project about the international history of taxation since 1750, based at the University of Cambridge, UK.
- Littlewoods Catalogue History
http://www.thecatalogshop.co.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.
- Abstracts in Economic History
http://eh.net/abstracts/ - Provides a forum for economic historians to share information about their works.
- 1987 Stock Market Crash Page
http://www.lope.ca/markets/1987crash/ - 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.
- Economic History of Colonial Latin American and Western US
http://www.historydatadesk.com - 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.
- Annuity Museum
http://www.immediateannuities.com/annuitymuseum/ - 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.
- Economic History of the World
http://www.simun.info/ehlog/ - A blog about economic history of the world, together with some history of technology and related entries.
- Economic History Association
http://eh.net/EHA/ - 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 Economic History Society
http://www.ehs.org.uk/ - The society publishes a periodical and works to promote the study of economic and social history.
- Center for International Business History, University of Reading
http://www.reading.ac.uk/business/default.asp?id=90 - News about business history research and information about the center.
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