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H-Business is an on-line newsletter for the Business History Conference.
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H-Business Discussion Network Business is the discussion network for the Business History Conference, an international organization devoted to the study of business enterprise and organization and of all aspects of the interactions of business with society, government, and culture in a historical context....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.
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In The News At the foot of the mountain where the mountain 26Oct) Equality and the Labour Market The next leader of the Conservative Party looks likely to be David Cameron. Cameron only entered parliament 25Oct) Opportunity Cost The newspapers have been getting...Studying the classics and great books in the context of the history of business.
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BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY (TM) GREAT BOOKS BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY BUSINESS WISDOM: FROM ARISTOTOLE TO SHAKESPEARE TO ZEN I saw a renaissance rising, I knew where to invest my poetry. In truth and beauty, in God's greater light, In quotes never seen on the broker's screens, In principles beyond the pedant's sight, That higher calling, to set down...Full text of the Charter of the Dutch West India Company, 1621.
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The Avalon Project Charter of the Dutch West India Company 1621 Countries were carried on happily, and with a great blessing to all countries and kingdoms; and desiring that the aforesaid inhabitants should not only be preserved in their former navigation, traffic, and trade, but also that their trade may be...Money in its social, political, and economic context from the dawn of history to the end of the 20th century.
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History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day Monetary history in context from the dawn of civilization to the beginning of the twenty first century, based on the definitive book on the subject. Brief biography of Glyn Davies See also money in fiction. This site contains a chronology,...Indigo, tulips, beaver, and Brazilwood.
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Products Click here for web page...A timeline of significant events in business during the 20th century from TheStreet.com.
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TheStreet.com: The Basics of Business History: Top 100 Events at a Glance Eisenhower creates the interstates: June 29, 1956. 2. Intel invents the single-chip microprocessor: 1971. 3. The Federal Reserve is formed: 1913. 4. The Great Crash of 1929: Oct. 24-29, 1929. 5. Equal pay for equal work: June 10, 1963. 6....Brief history of merchantilism.
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Mercantilism Europe were heavily influenced by a policy usually known as mercantilism. This was essentially an effort to achieve economic unity and political control. No general definition of mercantilism is entirely satisfactory, but it may be thought of as a collection...Resources for historians of economic thought provided by EH.Net and the History of Economics Society.
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EH.Net Economic History Services Net home contact about search: login Economic History Services Navigation Abstracts Ask the Professor Bibliographies Book Reviews Calendar Course Syllabi Databases Directory Encyclopedia How Much Is That? Mailing Lists Related Sites Syndication History of Economics Also visit: History of Economics...Information about how Charles Dow devised the now famous stock averages and a chronology of their activity from 1884 to 1995.
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Charles Dow, the History of the Dow Jones Averages, Dow Jones Averages Chronology 1884 1995 Neither financier nor broker Charles Dow was a journalist. The stock averages he devised provided a window for outsiders to view the market; Wall Street types were welcome to use it, but they were not his chief concern. When Dow...News about business history research and information about the center.
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The Centre for International Business History As well as being wining the Cass Prize, Teresa de Silva Lopes is one of only four finalists at this year's Kroos Prize for the best PhD dissertation in business history, awarded by the Business History Conference, at the joint...Web directory of organizations, archives, libraries, museums, research institutions and resources around the world in the field of labour and business history.
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WWW Virtual Library Labour History Within the framework of the Museum of the Flemish Social Struggle, the Amsab-Institute of Social History (Ghent, PAC Zuid) is organizing an international colloquium on Friday 2 December 2005, on the trinity of Labour, Culture and the Labour Movement. About...The ten oldest companies in the U.S. by Rank.
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The Oldest Companies For more information try a book or magazine search Index Menu Main Menu Shopping Area Message Board Google Search Disclaimer This site is published by Cool Fire Technology 2004...An online directory of archives and other repositories of historical corporate records. Includes directory of professional associations for corporate and industrial archivists.
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Directory No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. The Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada has been prepared to aid communication...Online exhibit focusing on slavery depicted in money notes issued and circulated in the South during the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction Era.
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Beyond Face Value [ENTER]...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.
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FDIC: History of The Eighties This page contains a drop-down menu that utilizes javascript to link to the following pages: Quick Links for Bankers Quick Links for Consumers Quick Links for Analysts Quick Links for Investors Quick Links for Press En Espaņol QUICK LINKS FOR...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.
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History of Economic Thought Website This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them....Resources around the world in the field of labour and business history.
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WWW Virtual Library Labour History: Web Resources: A series of articles on the events in Europe, with some on reactions from outside.Geschichtstheatergesellschaft 1848 German revolutionaries in the American Civil War.topAnarchismAnarchist Images maintained by Dave Robison: photographs and other images, from Peter Arshinov to Emiliano Zapata.Anarchist Librarians Web...A collection of business articles related to Economic History.
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BPubs.com: Economics/Economic_History With investors reeling and recession on the march, thoughts turn to the Great Depression. Could it happen again? Maybe, if governments try hard. Publisher: The Economist Author: The Economist Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations An Inquiry into the Nature...A virtual museum about money in civilization, from antiquity to the present.
http://www.moneymuseum.com/index_english.html
Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money.
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Current Value of Old Money A frequent question is how much would a specified amount of money at a certain period of time be worth today? The sources listed below are useful in attempting to answer this question. Comparisons of purchasing power are only reliable...Merrimack Films was founded in 1983 to produce and distribute films and videos on labor relations.
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Merrimack Films Features: Labor History Are unions now an endangered social institution? Or can unions revive? Unions in Crisis Are North American unions destined to fade away, or can the unions reform in time to save themselves? Union Democracy Two basic American labor laws 150;...The United Nations University website. Provides links to download the World Income Inequality database.
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World Institute for Development Economics Research ...Martha Matilda Harper Biography
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Martha Matilda Harper the mother of America's first business format franchise Harper is a forgotten international business visionary who defied her destiny as a servant girl to launch America's first business format franchising system in 1891. Inspired by Susan B. Anthony and her Christian Science faith, Harper's new business model became...Supports critical and scholarly discussion, reflection and research in the area of management and administrative history.
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/management-history/
Brief history of Finnish business and industry.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/teollisuus.html
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
Devoted to scholarly discussion of business history in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/euro-business-history/
Shows what a pence, shilling, and pound was actually worth throughout the history of Great Britain.
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Costs and Wages in Great Britain A free numismatic report from MS Coins Email us to receive our current buy list Submit Your FREE Classified Ad To Our Site! Submit Your URL To Our FREE For All Links Page! Give a Friend a Gift! Send A FREE E-Greeting Card! Pick Up Your E-Greeting...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
Provides formula for calculating how much a shilling is worth in today's economy.
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Our patron wants to know what 12 shililings in 1680 would be worth now She's doing genealogy. I find that the original value of a shilling in 1504 was 12 pence, when it was originally struck. I have tried Currency...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.
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Transatlantic Cable Time is needed for this site...Articles on accounting, money, taxation, and other aspects of economics in antiquity.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/economics/index.htm
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/
History of the first oil gusher near Beaumont, Texas drilled by Anthony Lucas.
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Spindletop Spindletop is the name of a small knoll just south of Beaumont Texas. Anthony Lucas, an Austrian-born mining engineer, has been supervising the drilling of an oilwell since October 27, 1900. His crew must install a new drilling bit on...Images of currency of Ukraine, Austria, Brasil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, USA, Greece, Singapore, and other countries.
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Banknotes of different Countries C) 1998-2005 Viktor Prysyazhnyuk (Prysjan) 1. Ukraine Kupons of 1991 year (from 1 to 100) Kupons of 1992-1993 years (from 100 to 5000) Kupons of 1994-1995 years (from10000 to 100000) Gryvnas of 1992 year (from 1 to 20) Gryvnas of 1994 year (from 1 to...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
Provides essays, databases, and bibliography for those interested in economic history of Spanish & Portuguese colonial America.
http://www.laceh.com
A synopsis, analysis and a downloadable copy of the Communist Manifesto along with a short biography of Marx and Engels.
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The Communist Manifesto It is the mission of this site to teach you all about the Communist Manifesto. It was a document drawn up by Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels two German Economist/Historians. It literally revolutionized history for over 100 years. We provide...Source of stock market data from North American stock exchanges of the nineteenth century.
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The 19th Century Stock Price Project Please feel free to read my INfrequently updated stock market observations! Welcome! According to Winston Churchill The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see If that makes sense to you, then please read on....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/
An economic history of the 20th Century.
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Slouching Towards Utopia: The Economic History of the Twentieth Century: Old Draft Feedback is always very welcome Slouching Towards Utopia: The Economic History of the Twentieth Century Old Draft J. Bradford DeLong http www.j-bradford-delong.net/ delong@econ.berkeley.edu February 2000 Slouching Towards Utopia: Introduction Twentieth Century Wealth The Meaning of Economic Growth Genocide Divergence: The...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.
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Lope Markets 1987 Stock Market Crash Page What makes it remarkable is: 1) the historic extent to which markets fell, an unprecedented 23 and that they did so all over the world. 2) its suddenness, how it appeared out of nowhere, and only took one day to...Article discussing the historical value of tulip bulbs.
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History House: Tulipomania Vain rich people being who they are, the difficult-to-find-but-not-overwhelmingly-beautiful tulip become wildly overvalued in seventeenth-century Holland. Before long people were selling their houses to buy small bulbs that vaguely resembled onions, and had a whale of a time trying to...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
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THE WORKING-CLASS OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSE OF THE 1930s THE WORKING-CLASS OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSE OF THE 1930s. Alan Crisp M.Litt Oxford Thesis 1998 Email...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.
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Mechanics of History Web site presents the history theory (you could name the History Mechanics) developed by author in 1990-2002. It is the general schema that explains the strongest historical, and economical processes. You will not find here many facts from history (except...Published by the FDIC, with statistical information starting in 1934, a list of failed banks, and history of deposit insurance.
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FDIC: History of the Eighties Lessons for the Future A detailed analysis of the complex combination of causes (economic, financial, legislative and regulatory) that led to the extraordinary number of bank failures in the 1980s and early 1990s. An evaluation of the legislative, regulatory and supervisory responses to those...More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online.
http://www.searsarchives.com
A multi-part, illustrated history of paperback publishing, with special emphasis on the United States.
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Paperback Books There was little need for paperbacks before the American Civil War.The First Paperback RevolutionThe first successful mass-market paperback.The Second Paperback RevolutionThe Industrial Revolution meets Public EducationThe Arrival of Pulp PaperBooks made of cheap paper become a cultural genreThe Search for...Presents galleries of art, architecture, and history of investing and finance, including editorial cartoons and sketches of buildings.
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Wall-Street.com Museum of Financial Art, Architecture and History Please download the latest copy of Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer. GO HERE TO AN UNFRAMED PAGE AT OUR SITE WHICH OFFERS MOST OF THE INFORMATON FOUND AT THE FRAMED VERSION The Wall-Street.com Museum of Financial Art, Architecture and History...Provides a forum for economic historians to share information about their works.
http://cs.muohio.edu/~HisEcSoc/abstracts/index.shtml
A history of taxation in various parts of the world.
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A History of Taxation Taxes are considered a problem by everyone. Not surprisingly, taxation problems date back to earliest recorded history. This page last updated 04/02/2002 A copy of A History of Taxation is available in pdf format. A History of Taxation EGYPT During...A page edited by Morris Silver devoted to the consideration of unsettled or disputed aspects of ancient economies. (Note: Tripod site with popups.)
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Ancient Economies I This page edited by a professional economist, Morris Silver, is devoted to the consideration of unsettled or disputed aspects of ancient economies, including the entire Mediterranean world. It builds on my books Economic Structures of Antiquity (ESoA 1995) Greenwood Press,...Lectures in Medieval History, by Lynn Harry Nelson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
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The Rise of Commerce and Towns Within a decade of that date, Olaf had converted most of the Scandinavians to Christianity, and the Viking threat came to an end. King Stephen accepted Christianity for himself and the Hungarian people, and the Magyars joined Christendom. The Muslim...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.
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a.SiteTagLineLink:active, a.SiteTagLineLink:visited, a.SiteTagLineLink {color 000080;font-size: 14px;Font-weight: Bold;text-decoration: underline;font-family MsoNormal Times New Roman New Century Schoolbook New York serif a.SiteTagLineLink:hover {color 000000;font-size: 14px;Font-weight: Bold;text-decoration: underline;font-family MsoNormal Times New Roman New Century Schoolbook New York serif SideBarPageTitle {color FFFFFF;padding:5px;font-size: 24px;Font-weight: Bold;font-family Times...Learn about historic stock market crashes and other economic calamities.
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Stock Market Crash! The authority on the market crash phenomenon Home Site Map Blog News Term Glossary Book Review Bear Market Sites Stock Market Crash If you'd like to learn all about stock market crashes, financial crises and business calamities, you're in the...Provides access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and economic thought.
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Eh.Net History of Economics Site Economics web site provides online access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and the history of economic thought. HES List Examine List Information Access List Archives Read Guest Editorials Other EH.Net Lists Home Pages...A portal of economic principles covering past and current economic theories and theorists.
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Economic Theories and Theorists The social science which studies how individuals, firms, governments, and organizations make choices; and how these choices determine the way wealth is produced and distributed. This site provides content about the models developed so far to explain economic phenomena information...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
Covers the history of various areas of business including accounting, capitalism, and finance.
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Bizhisto.com Your Place for Business History Information Marketers see advertising as part of an overall promotional strategy. Banking The essential function of a bank is to provide services related to the storing of value and the extending of credit. Capitalism Capitalism generally refers to a combination of...Research and lists of historical prices and wage rates.
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List of Datafiles of Historical Prices and Wages Data on prices and wages are among the most important sources of information in social- and economic-historical research, especially for the pre-statistical period. The International Institute of Social History (IISH) has taken the initiative to set up a network of...The webpage offers information about a research project about the international history of taxation since 1750. The project is based at the University of Cambridge, UK.
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International exchanges of ideas about taxation Centre for History and Economics International exchanges of ideas about taxation since 1750 The scope of the project Research question and case studies The component studies Planning workshop held on 18 October Conference Workshops Organisers Contact information The Transfer of Ideas about Taxation since 1750...Seven decades of Littlewoods Catalogues Home Shopping and Mail Order history in the UK.
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Littlewoods catalogue Home Shopping History This web site describes the changes and major events that have taken place over the past 7 decades including: the change from mail order via post, to mail order via telephone (telephone ordering) to todays mail order via the web....