Recollections of four British economic historians by T.S. ASHTON

“…He came to Exeter on 29 April 1966 to deliver his presidential address in which he talked about four economic historians he had known: William Ashley, George Unwin, J.L. …”
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Alice in Accounting Land: The Adventure of Two Economic Historians in Accounting Records of the 19th Century by Luciana Suarez Lopes, Anne Gerard Hanley

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Ricordo di quattro storici inglesi dell'economia. (Recollections of four British economic historians) by T.S. ASHTON

“…He came to Exeter on 29 April 1966 to deliver his presidential address in which he talked about four economic historians he had known: William Ashley, George Unwin, J.L. …”
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Les femmes et le monde des Annales by Natalie Zemon Davis

“…It then explores the education and careers of women somehow connected to the Annales from its founding in 1929 through World War II: the two who contributed articles (the historian-ethnographer Lucie Varga and the economic-historian Thérèse Sclafert); those whose books were reviewed or served as reviewers (the economic historian Yvonne Bézard, the linguist-mythographer Marie-Louise Sjœstedt; the Egyptologist Germaine Rouillard); and the Renaissance scholar Eugénie Droz, who published one of Febvre’s books. …”
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Stefano Fenoaltea (1943-2020) by Deirdre McCloskey

“… Obituary of Stefano Fenoaltea (1943-2020), economic historian and longtime collaborator of this journal. …”
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The fall of Rome and the retreat of European multiculturalism: A historical trope as a discourse of authority in public debate by Andrew Gillett

“…This article examines one example of such rhetoric, the claim by the economic historian Niall Ferguson that the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015 represented a close parallel to the “Fall of the Roman empire” in antiquity which highlighted failures of France’s immigration policies. …”
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China-Taiwan relations : reining in at the brink of the precipice? by Chan, Yin Yee.

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The Rise and Fall of the European Dream by Joseph W.H. Lough

“…The European Dream is often portrayed as the benign if not benevolent counterpart to the fading American Dream. Yet, as economic historian Joseph Lough shows in this essay, the European and American dreams are linked by more than their shared embrace of free market capitalism. …”
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Land, Markets and the Modernization of Rural Society: A Comparison of the Views of FeiXiaotong and R. H. Tawney by Yang Qingmei

“…Fei Xiaotong’s (Fei Hsiao-tung) works on rural economies and societies written in the 1940s were deeply affected by British economic historian R. H. Tawney. Through comparison, this article reveals at least two connections between their works. …”
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The Gowe Irrigation co-operative society and its role in Sanyati (Zimbabwe), 1967-1969 by Mark Nyandoro

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Transplantation and mutation in Anglo-American trust law by Getzler, J

“…The changes made to American trust doctrine yield a paradox for the legal, social and economic historian, namely that republican America ended up with a more dynastic property law, more wedded to dead hand control and more hostile to commercial creditors, than did aristocratic England with its unreformed system of common law and equity rooted in the feudal property system. …”

Power Struggle between China and the United States: Lessons of History by L. Estachy

“…Fernand Braudel, the economic historian, gave a key for reading the power struggles occurring today between the United States and China. …”
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The attractiveness of the project of practical methodology and virtue epistemology for the economic history research by Damian Bębnowski

“…Finally, the author will attempt to assess the significance of “virtue epistemology” or the ethical aspect of an economic historian’s work.…”
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State of Inclusive Growth in India: Some Perspectives by Rama Mohana R. Turaga, Manali Chakrabarti, Mirai Chatterjee, Shivakumar Jolad, Vaijayanti K., M. S. Sriram

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Origins of United States direct investment in France by Kindleberger, Charles Poor

“…A paper written for the Colloquium of the French Association of Economic Historians on the International Financial Position of France, 19th and 20th Centuries, held in Paris in October 1973…”
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ON THE ROLE OF ECONOMIC HISTORY IN THE CONVERGENCE DEBATE by Michael Brandl

“…This paper seeks to stimulate economic historians interest in the convergence debate by illustrating the impact economic historical research can have on this important topic.…”
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Sociale en economische historici anno 2027: uit de academie, in de wereld! by Jelten Baguet

“…An increasing number of social and economic historians is convinced that they need to step out of their ivory tower and should engage in on-going public debates related to their domains of expertise. …”
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Sociale en economische historici anno 2027: uit de academie, in de wereld! by Jelten Baguet

“…An increasing number of social and economic historians is convinced that they need to step out of their ivory tower and should engage in on-going public debates related to their domains of expertise. …”
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Sociale en economische historici anno 2027: uit de academie, in de wereld! by Jelten Baguet

“… An increasing number of social and economic historians is convinced that they need to step out of their ivory tower and should engage in on-going public debates related to their domains of expertise. …”
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Migrating back to history? The settlement structure and migration in Finland, a 400 years’ perspective by Elli Heikkilä, Taru Järvinen, Heikki Jussila

“…Economic historians have shown maps from early history describing settlement structures and boundaries of permanent settlement of Finland. …”
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