Nick Crafts
In Memoriam ECONOMICS HISTORY ASSOCIATION REMEMBERS NICK CRAFTS MARCH 9, 1949-October 6, 2023 Contributed by: Stephen Broadberry, Bishnupriya Gupta, Tim Hatton and Tim Leunig Nicholas F R Crafts was the most distinguished British economic historian of his generation. He was born in 1949 in Nottingham, England and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated […]
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 […]
Prize Winners: 2022 and 2021
Prizes / Awards Past Winners EHA PRIZEs/Awards EHA recognizes excellence in research, publication, and teaching of economic history The EHA recognizes excellence in research, publication, and teaching of economic history by awarding several annual and biennial prizes in the following categories: Data Awards Dissertation Awards Publication Awards Teaching Awards PRIZES AWARDED AT 2022 ANNUAL MEETING […]
Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States
Published by EH.Net (September 2023). Sharon Ann Murphy. Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023. 419 pp. $105 (hardback), ISBN 978-0226824598. Reviewed for EH.Net by Jenny Bourne, Carleton College. In 2005, JP Morgan Chase made history by apologizing for its involvement in Southern slavery […]
Scotland: The Global History, 1603 to the Present
Published by EH.Net (July 2023). Murray Pittock. Scotland: The Global History, 1603 to the Present. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2022, xiv + 485 pp. $40 (hardback), ISBN 978-0300254174. Reviewed for EH.Net by William A. Wardle, former Principal of York St John University and James Watt College of Further and Higher Education. Imperial […]
Pioneers of Capitalism: The Netherlands, 1000-1800
Published by EH.Net (July 2023). Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden. Pioneers of Capitalism: The Netherlands, 1000-1800. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023. ix + 261 pp. $39.95 (hardback), ISBN 978-0691229874. Reviewed by Anne EC McCants, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is a gem of a book about the long early history of a […]
The Backbone of Europe: Health, Diet, Work, and Violence over Two Millennia
Published by EH.Net (July 2023) Steckel, Richard H.; Larsen, Clark Spencer; Roberts, Charlotte A.; Baten, Jörg (eds.). The Backbone of Europe: Health, Diet, Work, and Violence over Two Millennia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 476 pp. £83.99 (hardcover), ISBN 978-1108421959. Reviewed for EH.Net by Kaspar Staub, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland. […]
Essays in Economic History: Purchasing Power Parity, Standard of Living, and Monetary Standards
Published by EH.Net (July 2023). Lawrence H. Officer. Essays in Economic History: Purchasing Power Parity, Standard of Living, and Monetary Standards. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. xxvii + 542 pp. $109.99 (hardback), ISBN 978-3030959241. Reviewed for EH.Net by John Devereux, Department of Economics, Queens College, City University of New York. Lawrence Officer has had […]
EHA Annual Meeting 2022
EHA 2022 ANNUAL MEETING 82nd Annual Meeting EHA’s Annual Meeting is generally held each September, with other Academic Meetings scheduled each year. Economic History Association 82nd Annual Meeting La Crosse, Wisconsin SEPT 16-18, 2022 Hidden Figures The theme for EHA 2022 is Hidden Figures. Economic history is a broad field spanning time and space using […]
Ross Thomson
In Memoriam ECONOMICS HISTORY ASSOCIATION REMEMBERS ROSS THOMSON IN MEMORIAM By Jane Knodell Our colleague and friend Ross Thomson died on February 12, 2015. His passing is deeply mourned by his family, colleagues, and students. He was an extraordinary individual who brought a keen intellect, sunny disposition, quick wit, and steadfast sense of what is […]