The Economy of Promises: Trust, Power, and Credit in America
Published by EH.Net (September 2023). Bruce Carruthers. The Economy of Promises: Trust, Power, and Credit in America. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022. 408 pp. $35 (hardback), ISBN 978-0691235387. Reviewed for EH.Net by Bradley A. Hansen, University of Mary Washington. In The Economy of Promises: Trust, Power, and Credit in America Bruce Carruthers sets out […]
Nevins Prize
Dissertation Awards Dissertation Awards Allan Nevins and Alexander Gerschenkron Prizes The Nevins and Gerschenkron prizes are awarded annually for the best dissertations on North-American and non-North-American topics completed during the previous year. Six finalists, three for each award, are chosen to present dissertation summaries at the Association’s annual meetings each fall. Finalists will receive funds […]
EHA 2023 Preliminary Program
EHA Annual Meeting Preliminary Program ECONOMIC HISTORY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING ESA 83rd Annual Economic History Association Meeting September 8-10, 2023, Preliminary Program Doubletree by Hilton Downtown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Preliminary Program Note: Program is Subject to Change CLICK HERE FOR A FULL PDF PROGRAM (not yet available) Preliminary Program Overview / Scheduled Tours THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, […]
Bankrupt in America: A History of Debtors, Their Creditors and the Law in the Twentieth Century
Published by EH.Net (June 2020) Mary Eschelbach Hansen and Bradley A. Hansen, Bankrupt in America: A History of Debtors, Their Creditors and the Law in the Twentieth Century. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. vii + 222 pp. $55 (cloth), ISBN: 978-0-226-67956-3. Reviewed for EH.Net by Mary Tone Rodgers, Center for Finance and Risk Management, […]
Enterprising America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective
Published by EH.Net (May 2018) William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo, editors, Enterprising America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. viii + 287 pp. $110 (cloth), ISBN: 978-0-226-26162-1. Reviewed for EH.Net by Lee A. Craig, Department of Economics, North Carolina State University. This volume of […]
Allen Nevins Prize 1971 – 1997
Allen Nevins Prize Best Dissertation in U.S. or Canadian Economic History 1997 Mark Siegler University of California at Davis Real Output and Business Cycle Volatility, 1869-1993 1996 Steven Herscovici University of Chicago Progress amid Poverty: Economic Opportunity in Antebellum Newburyport 1995 John Majewski University of California at Los Angeles Commerce and Community: Internal Improvements in […]
The History of Bankruptcy: Economic, Social and Cultural Implications in Early Modern Europe
Published by EH.Net (June 2014) Thomas Max Safley, editor, The History of Bankruptcy: Economic, Social and Cultural Implications in Early Modern Europe. New York: Routledge, 2013. xi + 250 pp. $130 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-415-68730-0. Reviewed for EH.Net by Bradley A. Hansen, Department of Economics, University of Mary Washington. The papers in this volume demonstrate that […]
Friday
Friday 1-2:30 PM Session #1: The Historical Evolution of Trade and Transport Costs Chair: Stephen Easton, Simon Fraser University Brandon Dupont (Western Washington University), Drew Keeling (University of Zurich), and Thomas Weiss (University of Kansas), “Passenger Fares for Overseas Travel in the 19th and 20th Centuries” Kris Inwood (University of Guelph) and […]
Reviewers
A’Hearn, Brian Aaronson, Susan Ariel Abrahamson, Eric John Acs, Zoltan J. Adams, John Adams, Sean Patrick Adamson, Michael R. Adkins, Brian Aerts, Erik Afton, Bethanie Agnello, Richard Ahiakpor, James C.W. Aimaq, Jasmine Alborn, Timothy Aldrich, Mark Alexander, Nicholas Allen, Michael Allen, Samuel Allgoewer, Elisabeth Alston, Julian M. Alston, Lee J. Altman, Morris Amato, Anthony J. […]
Quantitative Economic History: The Good of Counting
Published by EH.NET (September 2008) Joshua L. Rosenbloom, editor, Quantitative Economic History: The Good of Counting. London: Routledge, 2008. xvii + 176 pp. $130 (hardback), ISBN: 978-0-415-77349-2. Reviewed for EH.NET by Mary Eschelbach Hansen, Department of Economics, American University. Quantitative Economic History is a compact volume dedicated to the prolific Thomas J. Weiss. Joshua Rosenbloom […]