Economic History Society
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Founded in 1926 along with its journal, the Economic History Review, the Economic History Society (EHS) enjoyed the same long post-war boom as its subject, seeing both a growth in membership and in economic history appointments. Since the 1980s its membership has fallen, mirroring the closure of separate economic history departments. Despite this institutional decline, however, economic history remains ubiquitous within the mainstream of history and the EHS is still an important institution.
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- Website:
- http://www.ehs.org.uk/
- Historians:
- Carus-Wilson, Eleanora Mary
Postan, Michael Moissey
Power, Eileen
Tawney, Richard Henry
Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth
Wrigley, Edward Anthony - Themes:
- Economic history
Other Articles
- T. C. Barker, 'The beginnings of the Economic History Society', Economic History Review, 2nd ser., 30, 1 (1977), 1–19
