Economic History
Its Past, Present and Future
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12418147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Herman Van Der Wee (Weatherford College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-45 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s106279870700004x |
| OpenAlex | W2029025733 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
During the 20th century, Economic History grew into one of the main sub-disciplines of the Historical and Economic Sciences. Its roots can be traced back to the 18th and 19th centuries: mercantilists as well as classical economists, and later the German and English Historical Schools, they all were already using economic-historical data to support their reflections and theories. During the inter-war period, quantification was added as an analytical tool. Immediately after the Second World War, research focused mainly on macro-economic problems, with some American scholars during this period introducing a ‘New Economic History’, Cliometrics. From the mid-1970s onwards, the interest shifted increasingly to micro-economic questions, to be interpreted as a positive movement. The shift, indeed, creates a potential for a future combination of macro- and micro-approaches in Economic History. Such a combination would stimulate the integration of the three main variables of economic life and development (structure, hazard and freedom) into a more meaningful explanatory synthesis
Ancient history · Comparative historical research · Economic expansion · Economic history · Economic Thought · Economics · First world war · German · Hazard · Macro · Macroeconomics · Period (music · Political science · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · World War II · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |