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economic history

vr.tr.economic-history · INF.KNW

Let an agent describe economic history as a field, relay periodisations, methods and major findings with attribution, distinguish it from economics and from general history, and point to data sources and references.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe economic history as a field, relay periodisations, methods and major findings with attribution, distinguish it from economics and from general history, and point to data sources and references.

The study of economies and economic phenomena in the past, from ancient trade and agriculture through industrialisation to modern growth, crises and globalisation, using historical sources, statistics and economic theory; economic history includes business, labour, financial and agricultural history and national and regional economic histories, and is practised in history and economics departments.

What it is for: Understanding how economies developed and changed.

It can be explain the field and its methods; relay major findings and debates with attribution; distinguish from economics and general history; point to historical data sources.

Distinguishing features

Historical evidence about economies

Quantitative and qualitative methods

Long-run perspective

Debates such as the Great Divergence

What it looks like

Not visible; a field found in books, journals and data archives.

How it is recognised

Historical study of economies

Subfields by sector, period and region

Economics theorises; general history covers all aspects

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

history of the social sciences

is a kind of - a historical discipline

history

is related to - the theoretical discipline

economics

is related to - a central subject

economic growth

In practice

Families and kinds

business history

labour history

financial history

agricultural and industrial history

national and regional economic histories

cliometrics and quantitative economic history

history of economic thought, a related field

Standards and regulation

No regulation; scholarly standards and data archive standards

Failure modes and hazards

Anachronistic use of modern data concepts

Presenting one interpretation as fact

Ignoring non-Western economies

Also called

economy of Czechoslovakialabor historyhistory of financeeconomics in the 20th centuryeconomic history of Ukraineeconomic history of BydgoszczEconomic history of the artshistory of bankinghistory of moneyhistory of private equity and venture capitalhistory of microeconomicshistory of advertisinghistory of classic economic liberalismhistory of capitalismeconomic history of Europeeconomic history of the Russian Federationeconomic history of Birminghameconomic history of Icelandeconomic history of Iraneconomic history of the Arab worldeconomic history of the German reunificationhistory of coinshistory of tariffs in Australiaeconomic history of SpainBanking in ancient Rome

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Field What economic history is.

Definition.

Scope

Scope and methods.

Scope

Scope.

  1. What does economic history study, and with which methods? definition
  2. Is the question about economic history, economics or general history? boundary

Subfields

Subfields.

Subfields

Subfields.

  1. What subfields exist, and how do they relate? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific subfield? action
Findings Major findings and debates.

Attribution.

Themes

Major themes.

Themes

Themes.

  1. What are the major findings on growth, industrialisation, trade and crises, with attribution? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific period or economy? action

Debates

Debates.

Debates

Debates.

  1. What debates such as the Great Divergence and the causes of industrialisation exist, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Data Sources and data.

Sources.

Sources

Historical sources.

Sources

Sources.

  1. Which sources and reconstructed data series underpin economic history? provenance
  2. Which entry fits historical statistics? action

Limits

Limits of data.

Limits

Limits.

  1. What are the limits of historical economic data, and how is uncertainty handled? measurement
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Context History of the field and teaching.

Context.

History

History of the field.

History

History.

  1. How did economic history develop as a discipline, including cliometrics? provenance
  2. Which entry fits historiography? action

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How is economic history taught, and which texts are standard? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each subfield be a separate entry?
  • How should historical data archives be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases for national and city economic histories; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON