| Websites in Economic History |
- 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.
 http://www.lope.ca/markets/1987.html
- A History of Money
A general review of the historical development of coinage.
http://www.mintmark.com/moneyhistory.htm
- After Spindletop, Everything Changed
Brief history of the Lucas gusher at Spindletop, the well that began the oil boom in the U.S.
http://www.aapg.org/explorer/2001/02feb/spindletop_story.html
- American Currency Exhibit
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's online exhibit of historical American Currency
http://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.
http://www.indepthinfo.com/communist-manifesto/index.shtml
- BPubs.com - Economic History Publications
A collection of business articles related to Economic History.
http://www.bpubs.com/Economics/Economic_History/
- Banknotes of Different Countries (In Past and Now)
Images of currency of Ukraine, Austria, Brasil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, USA, Greece, Singapore, and other countries.
http://www.geocities.com/prysjan/in_91.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.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/cwc/BeyondFaceValue/index.htm
- Biz/ed Chronologies
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.
http://bized.ac.uk/dataserv/chron/
- Brain Bank - The Oldest Companies
The ten oldest companies in the U.S. by Rank.
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/CORPORATEADMINISTRATION/OldestCos.html
- Business History
Large resource of histories and stories of American business, including audio and video archives, academic and corporate articles, and "fun facts."
http://www.businesshistory.net/
- Business History Bibliography
A categorized and annotated list of selected cross discipline information sources for doing research on the history of business. Prepared by the University of Maryland Libraries.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/MCK/GUIDES/business_history.html
- Business History On-Line
H-Business is an on-line newsletter for the Business History Conference.
http://www.h-net.org/~business/
- BusinessPhilosophy.com
Studying the classics and great books in the context of the history of business.
http://businessphilosophy.com
- Celebrating the Birth of Texas Oil
Article about the discovery of oil Texas, the development of the oil industry and its economic impact in the early 20th century.
http://www.texas-ec.org/tcp/101oil.html
- Center for International Business History, University of Reading
News about business history research and information about the center.
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/CIBH/
- Costs and Wages in Great Britain
Shows what a pence, shilling, and pound was actually worth throughout the history of Great Britain.
http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/7503/greatbritainmoney.html
- Current Value of Old Money
Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money.
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
- Did You Know?
Briefly traces the development of products that took 100 years to get from the idea stage to the marketplace.
http://www.didyouknow.cd/firstfax.htm
- 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.
http://www.hunterinformation.com/corporat.htm
- Dutch National Accounts, 1800-1913
Analysis of the development of the Dutch Economy in the period 1800-1913. Dutch GNP and its components. Historical statistics.
http://nationalaccounts.niwi.knaw.nl
- Economics, Coins and Taxes
Articles on accounting, money, taxation, and other aspects of economics in antiquity.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/economics/index.htm
- Euro-Business-History Discussion List
Devoted to scholarly discussion of business history in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/euro-business-history/
- History House: Stories: Tulipomania
Article discussing the historical value of tulip bulbs.
http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/tulip/
- History Productions
A history consulting firm that helps clients use history to improve strategic planning, marketing, branding, corporate communications, anniversary planning and corporate culture.
http://www.historyproductions.com/
- 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.
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/
- History of Economics
Resources for historians of economic thought provided by EH.Net and the History of Economics Society.
http://www.eh.net/
- History of Finnish Industry
Brief history of Finnish business and industry.
http://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.
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html
- 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.
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/history/
- History of the Credit Card
Starting with the first credit card, issued in 1951.
http://www.didyouknow.cd/creditcards.htm
- 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.
http://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.
http://www.eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/dollarq.php
- 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.
http://www.marketsandmorality.com/
- Labour and Business History - WWW Virtual Library
Resources around the world in the field of labour and business history.
http://www.iisg.nl/~w3vl/vl-res.html#lab
- Latin American Colonial Economic History
Provides essays, databases, and bibliography for those interested in economic history of Spanish & Portuguese colonial America.
http://www.laceh.com
- Management-History Discussion List
Supports critical and scholarly discussion, reflection and research in the area of management and administrative history.
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/management-history/
- Martha Matilda Harper - Business Revolutionary
Martha Matilda Harper Biography
http://www.MarthaMatildaHarper.com/
- Mercantilism
Brief history of merchantilism.
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/mercantilism.html
- Merrimack Films - Features on Labor History
Merrimack Films was founded in 1983 to produce and distribute films and videos on labor relations.
http://www.merrimack-films.com/history.html
- Money Museum
A virtual museum about money in civilization, from antiquity to the present.
http://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.
http://www.financialhistory.org/
- Paperback Books
A multi-part, illustrated history of paperback publishing, with special emphasis on the United States.
http://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.
http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/collections/lippincott/
- Sears Archives
More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online.
http://www.searsarchives.com
- Singapore. Socio-economic development .
Singapore An essay - recent history (1960-1980)- on the subject of the socio-economic development of the city-state Singapore - socio development
http://www.cranendonk.com/singapore.htm
- Slouching Towards Utopia - Old Draft
An economic history of the 20th Century.
http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_Old.html
- Spindletop
Brief history of the first oil gusher in the continental United States in 1901.
http://db1.ledbettersystems.com/legendary/legdetail.asp?Tex_ID=111
- Spindletop
History of the first oil gusher near Beaumont, Texas drilled by Anthony Lucas.
http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/jan99/spindletop.html
- Tax History Foundation and Museum, Inc.
The foundation's mission is to encourage the study of accounting, commercial and economic history.
http://www.taxhistoryfoundation.com
- 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 web-based documentary publication and original historical research.
http://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.
http://www.techhistory.co.nz/
- The 19th Century Stock Price Project
Source of stock market data from North American stock exchanges of the nineteenth century.
http://hometown.aol.com/thkalinke/homepage/19CSPP.html
- The Avalon Project : Charter of the Dutch West India Company : 1621
Full text of the Charter of the Dutch West India Company, 1621.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/westind.htm
- 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.
http://www.thestreet.com/basics/countdown/747965.html
- The Bubble Project
A collaborative and interdisciplinary research initiative on the subject of the South Sea Bubble, the first great stock-market crash of 1720.
http://is.dal.ca/~dmcneil/bubble.html
- The Coins and History of Asia
Information and scans of over 1100 coins
http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.html
- 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.
http://www.geocities.com/historymech/
- 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.
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/FINANCE/DowJonesAvgsHist.html
- The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency
Specializing in information about the paper moneyof the American colonies.
http://www.virginia.edu/~econ/brock.html
- The Sodfather: A Friend of Agriculture in North Carolina
Exhibition celebrating the career of North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, Jim Graham served in that office from 1964 to 2000. Documents Graham's career and reveals the positive societal impact of an inspired public official.
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/archives/exhibits/sodfather/
- The Working-Class Owner-Occupied House Of The 1930s
A brief history of the growth of housing in the United Kingdom including the economic, political and social history surrounding its development in the 1930's
http://www.thesis.clara.net
- Trade Products in Early Modern History
Indigo, tulips, beaver, and Brazilwood.
http://www.bell.lib.umn.edu/Products/Products.html
- Transatlantic Cable Communications
History of the first transatlantic cables linking Britain and North America, the socio-economic impacts, famous messages such as the messages from the Titanic, photos, sound and video files, glossary.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cable/
- 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.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/spgold.htm
- Value of a Shilling in 1860
Provides formula for calculating how much a shilling is worth in today's economy.
http://www.regiments.org/wombats/classics/CKSHILLG.TXT
- WIDER Home Page
The United Nations University website. Provides links to download the World Income Inequality database.
http://www.wider.unu.edu/
- Wall Street Museum
Presents galleries of art, architecture, and history of investing and finance, including editorial cartoons and sketches of buildings.
http://66.70.245.136/museum/
- World Wide Web Virtual Library: Labour and Business History
Web directory of organizations, archives, libraries, museums, research institutions and resources around the world in the field of labour and business history.
http://www.iisg.nl/~w3vl/index.html#new
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