scholarly journals On the use of palynological data in economic history: New methods and an application to agricultural output in Central Europe, 0–2000AD

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 17-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Izdebski ◽  
Grzegorz Koloch ◽  
Tymon Słoczyński ◽  
Marta Tycner
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Agricultural Output ◽  
Palynological Data ◽  
New Methods

scholarly journals East Central Europe in the First Globalization (1850-1914)

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-90
Author(s):  
Uwe Müller
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Habsburg Monarchy ◽  
East Central Europe ◽  
East Central ◽  
Positioning Strategy ◽  
Economic Elites ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
European Economies ◽  
German Reich

Summary The article analyzes the position and the positioning strategy of East Central Europe in the so-called “first globalization (1850-1914)”. The focus is on foreign trade and the transfer of the two most important production factors, i.e. capital and labor. East Central Europe included in this period the territories of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Kingdom of Poland as a part of the Russian Empire, and the eastern provinces of the Kingdom of Prussia which were from 1871 onwards part of the German Reich. The article combines the theories and methods of economic history and transnational history. It sees itself as a contribution to a trans-regional history of East Central Europe by analyzing first the main “flows” and then the influence of “controls”. The article analyzes to what extent and in what way East Central Europe was involved in the globalization processes of the late 19th century. It discusses whether East Central Europe was only the object of global developments or even shaped them. In this context it asks about the role of the empires (Habsburg monarchy, German Reich, Russia) for the position of East Central European economies in the world economy. It shows that the economic elites in the centers but also on the edges of the empires developed different strategies for how to respond to the challenges of globalization.

Quid nobis cum pelago? The New Thalassology and the Economic History of Europe

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Peters
Keyword(s):  
Economic History ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Physical Mobility ◽  
Northern European ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
History Of Europe

The long debate about the nature and decline of the ancient Mediterranean economy and the appearance of a distinctive northern European economy has been considerably enriched by recent research in archaeology, ecology, numismatics, and communications history. Particularly striking has been the expansion of research into untraditional areas—microregional histories of the Mediterranean, hagiography, and the evidence of physical mobility. The result of this expansion has been to redefine the problem of the ancient and the later economies and to suggest new methods for continuing research.

The “Golden City” under Embargo: Prague's International Trade during the Hussite Wars, 1420–1436

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-465
Author(s):  
Alexandra Kaar
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Medieval Trade

AbstractAfter the outbreak of the First Hussite Wars (spring 1420), the Hussite capital Prague faced—at least in theory—a total embargo on all trade and commerce. However, trade evidently continued in spite of this embargo. The present article systematically assesses our knowledge on this trade and highlights articles, geographical structures and agents of long-distance trade to and from the Czech metropolis during the war, thus furthering our knowledge about the economic history of early fifteenth-century Central Europe in general. Furthermore, the author uses the example of the anti-Hussite embargo to address important and hitherto largely-neglected methodological questions concerning the analysis of medieval trade prohibitions in general.

The Economy of Traditional Europe

1971 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Herlihy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Partial Answer ◽  
European Economic ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Difficult Question ◽  
History Of

What are the new interests, the new methods, and the new conceptions of European economic development which over the past thirty years have formed or reformed our discipline? In partial answer to this difficult question, we shall first consider the economic history of what we may call traditional Europe, and which we shall extend, very roughly, from the early Middle Ages until the seventeenth century.

The Environment in American Economic History

2018 ◽  
pp. 348-370
Author(s):  
Karen Clay
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Soil Pollution ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Externalities ◽  
Agricultural Output ◽  
Water And Soil Pollution

Environmental externalities, although important, have received relatively little attention from economic historians. Air, water, and soil pollution and conservation issues date from the time humans arrived in North America. In some times and places, these externalities were severe. The chapter reviews the literatures on historical pollution and conservation, which were largely written by environmental historians. Because of research interests and available data, American economic historians have traditionally been focused on growth in industrial and agricultural output. Recent research by economic historians on the historical effects of pollution on mortality and on the adaptation of agriculture to climate suggests that environmental issues are now of greater interest.

Connecting the Cultural and the Material in Business History

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 686-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Lipartito
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Business History ◽  
Economics Of Information ◽  
New Developments ◽  
New Approach ◽  
New Methods ◽  
And Behavior

By taking note of new developments in economic theory and cultural theory, business historians have the opportunity to lead a reintegration of mentality and materiality in the study of history. This task will require rethinking the field’s traditional approach to strategy, structure, organization, and culture. An emerging literature of practice theory and the shift from a linguistic to a practice based model of culture offer to business historians, and to all interested in the economic past, a way to conduct this integration. The new approach will complement but go beyond the economics of information, institutions and behavior. Though the task will require some new methods and approaches, the result will bring the study of business and economic history to the forefront of history.

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