_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / \ / / / /_ _ / /_ _/ / / /\ \ / / /_ _ / / /_ _/ / / / \/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /_ _ _ / / / / / / / / /_ _ _ / /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ Economic History Newsletter (c.) Date: May 12, 1993 Number: 2 ======================================= Index: (1) Editorial (2) Reports (3) Finding Sources (4) The Nets (5) Book Reviews (6) Research Interests (7) Upcoming Events ======================================== Editors: Alejandra Irigoin, Alberto Schram, Sylvia Schwaag, Goetz von Thadden. ---------------------------------------- [ 1. Editorial ] ---------------------------------------- Dear Economic Historian, This is the second issue of our bi-monthly Economic History Newsletter, and we hope you will find it useful. We did not get much response to our first issue, so we do not know, if we are on the right way. We are open to critique, but even more so to writen contributions for our next issue. If there is anything, you want to inform about, or any advice you want to give particularly to the young researchers on this conference, please do not hesitate to send your report/ announcement/... to the editors: ASCHRAM@BF.IUE.IT (Alberto Schram), THADDEN@LSE.AC.UK (Goetz von Thadden) As announced some weeks ago, we publish the research interests of some of our subscribers. If you are interested in being included in our next newsletter, please let us know. One thing that we found out, when we produced this newsletter, was that there is apparently a problem all editors have in common, and that is keeping the deadline. This newsletter was supposed to be out on May 1, and more articles were planned, but that is life. At least, this leaves us something to improve on for our next issue. We hope that there is something for everyone in EHN, if not than it is YOU who can improve it. Please help, to bring this line to more life. The Editors ---------------------------------------- [ 2. Reports ] ---------------------------------------- Report on the Economic History Society Conference - Hull April 1993 Approximately 150 people congregated in Hull at the beginning of April for the yearly confirmation that Economic History and economic historians are alive and well. The proceedings opened with the New Researchers Sessions. These proved to be the most lively and interesting part of the whole Conference. The topics ranged from domestic service in London between 1660-1750 to innovation and vertical integration in the music and recording industry in the 1960s; from economic stagnation in Austria during the 1860s to colonial labour and international market in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The other sessions organized were far ranging in scope, concentrat- ing on such topics as medieval towns, british social history, early-modern and late 20th century economic history, fashion and design and transport history. Unfortunately these sessions were limited in scale, focusing exclusively on Britain. As it was to expected the majority of the participants were men. Women economic historians seem to have carved for themselves a niche in gender studies and, unfortunately, their presence was felt only in the session on fashion and design in Modern Britain. (Francesca Carnevali) The history of the OECD. The field of history is expanding everyday. Not only in the philosophical sense that every passing second, is one second more in the history of mankind, but also in the sense that more and more archive material becomes available for research purposes. The European University Institute in Firenze/Italy is becoming a repository of more and more archives of European organizations: the European Coals and Steel Community, Euratom, the European Economic Community and the European Space Agency archives are already at the European University Institute's historical archives. The archive of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, the predecessor of the OECD (Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development) officially opened November 16, 1992, have now been opened for research purposes. This organization founded in 1948, was responsible for the distribution of Marshall aid for the post-war reconstruction of Western Europe. When in 1961 the United States and Canada became full members it was renamed the OECD. For two reasons the European University Institute is the appropri- ate institution to receive this kind of archive. First of all because it has the institutional structure to deal with the handling of these kind of archives. Secondly the research project on the history of European integration directed by Prof. Richard Griffiths, will assure that for the years to come a great amount of research on this archive will be carried out. (Alberto Schram) ---------------------------------------- [ 3. Finding Sources ] ---------------------------------------- The Newspaper Library of the British Library Sometimes you work on a subject that involves the use of foreign newspapers. If you cannot find them in your home library and you do not have the time and the money to go abroad, it might be worth- while looking into the catalogue of the "Newspaper Library of the British Library". This library offers to buy some of the newspapers on microfilm. Address: The British Library Newspaper Library Colindale Avenue London NW9 5HE, England Tel: 081- 323 7359 The following is an extract of this catalogue: Australia - Australasian Engineer (1925-1972) - Australasian Insurance and Banking Record (1886-1921) - Australasian Manufacturer (1919-1967) - Australian Brewers Journal (1910-1920) - Australian Mining Standard (1890-1933) - Australian Sugar Journal (1910-1921) - Sugar Journal & Tropical Cultivator (1896-1905) Austria - Centralblatt fr Glass-Industrie und Keramik (1897-1909) - Centralblatt fr die osterr. - ungar. Papierindustrie (1883-1909) - Centralblatt fr Maschinen Industrie und Eisengiesserei (1896- 1912) - Osterreichisch-Ungarische Montan-und Metallindustrie-Zeitung (1886-1910) Canada - Canadian Electrical News and Engineering Journal (1908-1922) - Canadian Engineer (1893-1922) - Canadian Finance (1911-1921) - Canadian Machinery & Manufacturing News (1908-1922) - Canadian Mining Journal (1912-1951) - Financial Post of Canada (1909-1925) France - Bulletin des fabricants de papier (1890-1914) - Bulettin international de l'lectricit (1886-1910) - Journal des fabricants de sucre (1869-1885) - Journal des usines  gaz (1877-1909) - Le Moniteur del porduits chemiques (1870-1898) Germany - Bergwerks- und Industris Anzeiger (1859-1865) - Der Metallarbeiter (1884-1914) - Papier-Zeitung (1876-1926) - Zeitschrift fuer das gesammte Brauwesen (1895-1899) Italy - La chimica industriale (1899-1904) - Giornale delle arte e delle industrie (1861-1889) United Kingdom - The Economist (1843-1849) - Iron & Coal Trades Review (1869-1886) - Paper Trade Review (1883-1913) - Railway Magazine (1864-1918) United States of America - American Shoemaking (1919-1931) - American Silk Journal (1900-1909) - Leather Manufacturer (1890-1909) - Modern Miller (1890-1916) Database Info: BIDS - Bath Information & Data Services: This is an ISI Data Service at Bath, United Kingdom, providing access to 3 multidisciplinary Citation Indexes (SCI, SSCI and A&HCI) which contain details of articles from over 7000 journals worldwide, and to the Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP) which contains details of papers presented at over 4000 conferences per year. The data is supplied and owned by the Institute for Scientific Information Inc, USA. To use this service you must be a member of a subscribing Institu- tion and you must have signed the appropriate agreement form. So if you are interested in using BIDS you must find out whether your Institution has subscribed to this service. If you want to know more about BIDS or if you want to find out how to subscribe to this service, the email address and telephone number for general enquiries are: email: ISIHELP@Bath tel: (0)225-826074 ---------------------------------------- [ 4. Book reviews ] ---------------------------------------- Encyclopedia of Soviet Union. Most publications produced by European University Institute professors are of an academic nature. These are however not necessarily their most read or most sold products. Professor Michael G. Mueller's contribution to the Historisches Lexikon der Sowjetunion 1917/22-1991 is such a kind of publication. Professor Mueller was recently appointed at the European University Institute to direct research on East and Central European history from the eighteenth century. With the end of the Soviet Union this was the chance to produce the first small encyclopedia of the Soviet Union as a state that ceased to exist. At a point when new results from the recently opened archives will probably take at least ten more years to become public, this Encylopedia reflects the current knowledge for the coming decade. Some new evidence was incorporated into this book, for example, the facts on the massacre of Polish prisoner's of war at Katyn. The book is aimed at both the general public students of Soviet history and includes bibliography on every topic. (Alberto Schram) reference: Prof. Hans Joachim Torke (ed.) Historisches Lexikon der Sowjetunion 1917/22-1991, C.H. Beck, Muenchen, 1993. ---------------------------------------- [ 5. The Nets ] ---------------------------------------- INTERNET is the name of the system with which many computers in the world have been linked. The number of services offered on INTERNET increases every month. Those who do not have INTERNET access can use these services indirectly, but should contact their local computer centre. Their are two main programs that you need in order to use INTERNET: 1- FTP: with this program you can get files from other university computers (or sites). 2- TELNET: with this you can "call" another computer and use your terminal or PC as if you were there. (This is like a short vacation to, for example California..). When you are looking for a book, it can be useful to consult a distant library from your own terminal or PC. It is much simpler than going through large bibliographies and you can save the result of your searches immediately. The way to save information depends on the system that you are using: so contact your computer expert. The program that you need on your university main computer is called TELNET. That is simple enough. After logging in and typing TELNET you need to type a name or a number. The number is prefer- able, because the name does not always work. This is not the place to offer a complete list of numbers of internet accessible libraries. You can get such a list by using the first internet service called FTP, which we will cover in the next issue. It is more useful to know the sites (this is the name for these distant computers) where you can locate information about these services. One of the most important ones is called hytelnet, which you can find at the site called ACCESS.USASK.CA. Just try the following command: TELNET 128.233.3.1 and type at the prompt login: HYTELNET Another such site is WUGATE.WUSTL.EDU (128.252.120.1) (login: SERVICES) or NESSIE.CC.WWU.EDU (140.160.240.11) (login: LIBS). Just a few examples of libraries you can access directly: you can browse through all 7.5 million titles of the university of California libraries by telnetting to MELVYL.UCOP.EDU (192.35.222.222) or for the library of congress try DRA.COM (192.65.218.43). For finding articles in periodicals try out INFO.RUTGERS.EDU (128.6.26.25) ---------------------------------------- [ 6. Research Interests ] ---------------------------------------- - Indigo in the 18th century S. Max Edelson; Lincoln College, Oxford, England EDELSON@VAX.OX.AC.UK - The electoral geography of Weimar Germany Colin Flint; University of Colorado, Boulder, USA FLINT_C@EDU.COLORADO.CUBLDR - Political economy; development of capitalism on a world scale; imperialism; history of the Middle East; historical development of class systems; history of social revolutions; labour history Berch Berberoglu; University of Nevada, Reno, USA BERCHBAUM@UNSSUN.SCS.UNR.EDU - Unemployment in 1930s (USA); rate of return to education (early 20th century USA) Richard Jensen; University of Illinois, Chicago, USA CAMPBELLD@APSU (bitnet) U08946@UICVM.UIC.EDU (internet) - Italian silk industry (1830-1930); Italian economic development (foreign trade, agriculture, national accounts) Giovanni Federico; Universita di Pisa, Pisa, Italy FEDERICO@IT.CNR.CNUCE.VM - British economic policy and performance c. 1870 to present; application of IT in economic and social history (Software Review Editor, Economic History Review) Roger Middleton; University of Bristol, Bristol, England ROGER.MIDDLETON@UK.AC.BRISTOL - Evolution of production and trade networks in the Indian Ocean world-economy, 1300-1700; colonialism and imperialism; patterns of urbanisation; contemporary socio-economic and political develop- ments, especially in Asia and in the Pacific Ravi Arvind Palat; University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand PALAT@EDU>HAWAII.UHCC.UHUNIX - Italian take off, the use of patents statistic as an indicator of technological activities: electrotechnical and chemistry sectors Michelangelo Vasta; Wolfson College, Oxford, England VASTA@UK.AC.OXFORD ---------------------------------------- [ 7. Upcoming Events ] ---------------------------------------- COLLOQUIUM OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR BANKING HISTORY: Financial Institutions and Financial Markets in Twentieth Century Europe and North America May 27 and 28, 1993, Zurich, Switzerland. SBG-Konferenzgebaeude Gruenenhof, Nueschelerstr.9, 8001 Zurich, Tel:01-234-4114, Fax:01-234-4932. ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS HISTORIANS: Second Biennial Conference: Competition and Innovation July 9 and 10, 1993, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Contact Dr. Michael Collins, School of Business and Economic Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, tel:0532-332614. Deadline for Applications: 31 May, 1993. Fee: ABH members 45. THIRD WORLD ECONOMIC HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP CONFERENCE "PUBLIC CHOICE THEORIES & THIRD WORLD EXPERIENCE" London School of Economics - September 1993. Since the early 1970's the UK Third World Economic History & Development Group has held a series of conferences which have been notable for their informal workshop atmosphere and which have resulted in the publication of major collections of papers on a variety of themes. The 1993 conference will be hosted at the LSE by the Economic History Department and the Development Studies Department on 17/19 September 1993. The main theme of this conference will be "Public Choice and Development: the New Institutional Economics and Third World development". It is well known that, over the last decade the literature on economic history has been deeply influenced by the ideas of the "new institutional economics". Important works have sought to explain the unevenness of economic development in the modern world in terms of the comparative history of transactions costs, property rights, interest group formation and rent-seeking behaviour. This conference is intended to provide a forum for taking stock of the value of rational choice arguments in a variety of historical settings, and for general debate about these theories and their empirical applications. To provide a framework to this conference the organizers have invited the most representative NIE scholars to submit keynote papers. They will be D. NORTH (Washington University St. Louis USA) "The New Institutional Economics and Economic Development"; R. BATES (Duke University, Durham North Carolina) "Social Dilemmas and Rational Individuals: an essay on the New Institutionalism"; M DESAI (LSE) "The State as a ProUse of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at E:\listplex\SYSTEM\SCRIPTS\filearea.cgi line 455, line 488. ducer of Property Rights: structural analysis of agrarian relations in Colonial India"; J TOYE (IDS University of Sussex) "The New Institutional Economics and its implications for Development Theory". The Organizers, also invited to offer papers or panels from others members of the Groups and from their colleagues in related fields who may be interested in attending the conference, whatever the mix of disciplinary backgrounds, the papers should related in some way the problem of analyzing specific experience in the Third World. All the conferences sessions will be plenary, and each panel will be have papers, assuming that most sessions will be on particular themes, for example agrarian institutions, labour markets, firms' decision-making, property rights and long-term change. To facilitate reproduction, papers will need to be about 5,000 words, single spaced, A4 size, and must be submitted by 31 July 1993. And as the Group's previous conferences, they will circulate all papers to participants in advance. Keynote papers will be distributed in May 1993. The provisional Programme includes the following theme sessions: a) Developing Economies, Past and Present b) Property Rights c) Interest Groups and Government Policy d) Agrarian Institutions e) Capital Markets The Conference will begin mid afternoon on Friday 17th September, and end around midday on Sunday, 19th September. It will be held at Commonwealth Hall where accomodation has been reserved. The charge will be  55 (including a Conference fee of  15) which includes bed and breakfast accomodation at the Hall. Copies of papers will be mailed to at all participants who complete the booking form and should be available for distribution during the last week in August. If you wish to attend the conference, please contact any one of the organizers for further details. They are: Dr. Janet Hunter, Dr. Colin Lewis and Dr. Gareth Austin, all from the Economic History Department at LSE and Dr. J. Harris from Development Studies Institute at LSE. London School of Economics and Political Sciences Department of Economic History Houghton Street, Aldwych London WC2A 2AE fax +44-(0)71-955-7730 or +44-(0)71-955-7065