''The Economic History Review'' is a
peer-reviewed
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history journal published quarterly by
Wiley-Blackwell
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on behalf of the
Economic History Society
The Economic History Society (EHS) is a learned society that was established at the London School of Economics in 1926 to support the research and teaching of economic history in the United Kingdom and internationally. The society also acts as a ...
. It was established in 1927 by
Eileen Power and is currently
edited by Sara Horrell, Jaime Reis and Patrick Wallis. Its first editors were
E. Lipson and
R. H. Tawney and other previous editors include
M. M. Postan,
H. J. Habbakuk,
Max Hartwell (1960–1968),
Christopher Dyer, Nicholas Crafts, John Hatcher, Richard Smith,
Jane Humphries, Steve Hindle and Phillipp Schofield.
Edition
The lead editors are John Turner, Giovanni Federico and
Tirthankar Roy. The editorial board counts 21 other editors, including
Jane Humphries and Debin Ma from the
University of Oxford
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and Sara Horrell, Max-Stephan Schulze and Patrick Wallis from the
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...
.
The journal has published 75 volumes usually composed of 4 annual issues.
Ranking
It is considered one of the best economic history journals along with the
Journal of Economic History
''The Journal of Economic History'' is an academic journal of economic history which has been published since 1941. Many of its articles are quantitative, often following the formal approaches that have been called ''cliometrics'' or the '' new ...
,
Explorations in Economic History and the
European Review of Economic History.
RePEc
Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in many countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, preprints, ...
has ranked the journal 383rd out of 2982 economics journals. Its 2021 impact factor was 2.487.
See also
* ''
Agricultural History Review''
*
Economic history of the United Kingdom
The economic history of the United Kingdom relates the economic development in the British state from the absorption of Wales into the Kingdom of England after Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, 1535 to the modern United Kingdom of Great Britain ...
Notable articles
*"
The Imperialism of Free Trade" by
Ronald Robinson
Ronald "Robbie" Edward Robinson, CBE, DFC, FBA (3 September 1920 – 19 June 1999) was a distinguished historian of the British Empire who between 1971 and 1987 held the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford.
...
and
John Gallagher, published in the August 1953 edition.
External links
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References
Economic history journals
Academic journals established in 1927
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies
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