The Economic History Review

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The Tawney Memorial Lectures

Watch the most recent podcast from The Economic History Society:

Tawney Lecture 2013
Dr Deborah Oxley
Weighty Matters: Anthropometrics, Gender and Health Inequality in History

The Tawney Memorial Lectures are all available online from 2007 - watch the videos or read the articles online.

T.S. Ashton Prize - Winning Article Announced

The Great Bovine Pestilence and its economic and environmental consequences in England and Wales, 1318–50
Philip Slavin
Volume 65, Issue 4, November 2012

The T.S. Ashton Prize, established with funds donated by the late Professor T.S. Ashton (1889-1968), is awarded biennially to the author of the best article accepted for publication in the Economic History Review in the previous two calendar years, who is within five years of receipt of her/his PhD or has no previous publication in the field of economic and/or social history, or a closely related field.

The following highlights have been selected as particularly topical or indicative of the scope of the journal:

The rise and decline of European parliaments, 1188–1789
JAN LUITEN VAN ZANDEN, ELTJO BURINGH, MAARTEN BOSKER

Extreme divorce: the managerial revolution in UK companies before 1914
JAMES FOREMAN-PECK, LESLIE HANNAH

The rise and fall of Spain (1270–1850)
CARLOS ÁLVAREZ-NOGAL, LEANDRO PRADOS DE LA ESCOSURA

Debates and controversies:

Contract enforcement, institutions, and social capital: the Maghribi traders reappraised
JEREMY EDWARDS, SHEILAGH OGILVIE

Critical response:
The Maghribi traders: a reappraisal?
AVNER GREIF

The Economic History Review covers a wide range of topics including: Economics, Business, Social, Finance, Political and Women. You can search the complete contents from 1927 onwards through The Economic History Cumulative Index 1927 - 1995.

The Economic History ReviewLecture:

Professor Osamu Saito
Growth and Inequality in the Great Divergence Debate: Mughal India, Stuart England and Tokugawa Japan Compared

Forthcoming Special Issue 2014: New Frontiers in African Economic History

Previous Special Issues:

Asia in the Great Divergence
Edited by Stephen Broadberry and Steve Hindle

Finance, Investment and Risk
Edited by Jane Humphries and Steve Hindle

Feeding the masses: plenty, want and the distribution of food and drink in historical perspective
Edited by Steve Hindle and Jane Humphries

Macroeconomic policy in Britain between the wars
Edited by Roger Middleton

Also of Interest - Special Collections of content:

Histories of Capitalism
A Special Collection of FREE content on the theme of the 37th Social Science History Association Annual Meeting

The 'Roots of Development'
A Special Collection of content on the theme of the World Economic History Congress 2012, featuring content from The Economic History Review and The Australian Economic History Review.