Aspects of Quantitative Research in Economic History

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ID5083940
AuthorsLance E Davis (0000-0003-1384-1610, Purdue University West Lafayette), Jonathan Hughes (0000-0002-6895-4527, Purdue University West Lafayette), Jonathan R T Hughes, Stanley Reiter (Purdue University West Lafayette)
Year1960
Volume20
Issue4
Pages539-547
Publication date1960-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022050700109805
OpenAlexW2149823928
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited8

If we are successfully to relate our work with the main body of Economic History, we must be able to show the fundamental relationship between quantitative analysis and more conventional methods of economic historians. The historian reconstructs events of the past, and with them attempts to understand the institutions and modes of behavior associated with those events. He seeks to construct a consistent story revealing the fundamental nature and meaning to us of the past, thus creating insight into the past and understanding of it-something considerably beyond a mere account of what probably happened. However, this story must be based upon, and be consistent with, the reconstructed events of the past, "what probably happened

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