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How Much is That Worth Today? - http://www.eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/dollarq.php
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. |
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History of Economics - http://www.eh.net/
Resources for historians of economic thought provided by EH.Net and the History of Economics Society. |
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Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada - http://www.hunterinformation.com/corporat.htm
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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Tax History Project - http://www.taxhistory.org/
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. |
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Economic History Association - http://eh.net/EHA/
Founded in 1940 to encourage and promote teaching, research and publication on every phase of economic history, and to encourage and assist in the preservation and administration of research materials in the field. |
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A History of Taxation - http://www.taxworld.org/History/TaxHistory.htm
A history of taxation in various parts of the world. |
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Annuity Museum - http://www.immediateannuities.com/annuitymuseum/
Online collection of historical documents and memorabilia about annuities, together with a history of annuities and their role in the development of financial markets and retirement planning. |
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Beyond Face Value - Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/cwc/BeyondFaceValue/index.htm
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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Trade Products in Early Modern History - http://www.bell.lib.umn.edu/Products/Products.html
Indigo, tulips, beaver, and Brazilwood. |
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History of the Banking Industry - http://www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/history/
Published by the FDIC, with statistical information starting in 1934, a list of failed banks, and history of deposit insurance. |
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Slouching Towards Utopia - Old Draft - http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_Old.html
An economic history of the 20th Century. |
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The US Misery Index - http://www.miseryindex.us
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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Business History - http://www.businesshistory.net/
Large resource of histories and stories of American business, including audio and video archives, academic and corporate articles, and "fun facts." |
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The History of the Dow Jones Averages - http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/FINANCE/DowJonesAvgsHist.html
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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SCETI: Corporate Annual Reports - http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/collections/lippincott/
This site contains facsimiles of historic corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection at the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Stock Market Crash! - http://www.stock-market-crash.net
Learn about historic stock market crashes and other economic calamities. |
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Sears Archives - http://www.searsarchives.com
More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online. |
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Economic History of Colonial Latin American and Western US - http://www.historydatadesk.com
Site contains data on mining, prices, wages, agriculture, commerce and government that may be dowloaded. Also colonial treasury accounts known as caja accounts. Extensive economic history bibliography. |
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Ancient Economies - http://sondmor.tripod.com/index-html
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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History House: Stories: Tulipomania - http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/tulip/
Article discussing the historical value of tulip bulbs. |
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Treasure and Prices in Spain 1505-1650 - http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/spgold.htm
Provide statistics to test the idea that the price level is related to the inflow of treasure into the Spanish economy. |
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Economics, Coins and Taxes - http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/economics/index.htm
Articles on accounting, money, taxation, and other aspects of economics in antiquity. |
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Banknotes of Different Countries (In Past and Now) - http://www.geocities.com/prysjan/in_91.html
Images of currency of Ukraine, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, USA, Greece, Singapore, and other countries. |
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The History Mechanics - http://www.geocities.com/historymech/
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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Spindletop - http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/jan99/spindletop.html
History of the first oil gusher near Beaumont, Texas drilled by Anthony Lucas. |
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Singapore. Socio-economic development . - http://www.cranendonk.com/singapore.htm
Singapore An essay - recent history (1960-1980)- on the subject of the socio-economic development of the city-state Singapore - socio development |
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Wall Street Museum - http://www.wallstreetmuseum.org
Presents galleries of art, architecture, and history of investing and finance, including editorial cartoons and sketches of buildings. |
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Merrimack Films - Features on Labor History - http://www.merrimack-films.com/history.html
Merrimack Films was founded in 1983 to produce and distribute films and videos on labor relations. |
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Littlewoods Catalogue History - http://www.thecatalogshop.co.uk
Seven decades of Littlewoods catalogues for home shopping in Britain. The social history of Littlewoods mail order business from the early 1930s up to the present day. |
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1987 Stock Market Crash Page - http://www.lope.ca/markets/1987crash/
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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The Working-Class Owner-Occupied House of the 1930s - http://www.thesis.clara.net
MA thesis by Alan Crisp on the growth of housing in the United Kingdom including the economic, political and social history surrounding its development in the 1930s. |
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An Analysis of the Communist Manifesto - http://www.indepthinfo.com/communist-manifesto/index.shtml
A synopsis, analysis and a downloadable copy of the Communist Manifesto along with a short biography of Marx and Engels. |
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Museum of American Financial History - http://www.financialhistory.org/
Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history. |
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Current Value of Old Money - http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money. |
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Paperback Books - http://paperbarn.www1.50megs.com/Paperbacks/index.htm
A multi-part, illustrated history of paperback publishing, with special emphasis on the United States. |