SSHA 2006
Economics Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the webpage for the Social Science History Association economics network.

This page was last updated: 3 January 2006.

Co-chairs:  John Murray (john.murray@utoledo.edu)
  Santhi Hejeebu (shejeebu@cornellcollege.edu)

The meetings will be in Minneapolis on 2-5 November 2006.

New paper and session proposals!

1. Paper: Health and height in South Africa 1870-1910.  Kris Inwood (kinwood@uoguelph.ca)

2. Paper for session on financial history: Perdition in the Pits: The Causes of 19th Century North American Hostilities toward Futures Trading.  Joe Santos (joseph.santos@sdstate.edu)

3. Paper: Cooperation and conflict between firms, communities, new social movements, and the role of government: The Cerro de San Pedro Case.  Jose Vargas (mailto:jgvh0811@yahoo.com)



At the 2005 meetings in Portland, the following session proposals were suggested.  If you are interested in organizing a session, contact John Murray or Santhi Hejeebu.  If you are interested in participating in one of the sessions below, contact the person listed there.

1. Tax policy, mercantilism, political economy.  Dave Ryden (rydend@uhd.edu).

2. Married women's property rights. Evan Roberts (eroberts@hist.umn.edu).

3. Consistent coding of occupations and other categorical data.  Peter Meyer (Meyer.Peter@bls.gov).

4. Worker insurance.  John Murray (john.murray@utoledo.edu)

5. How researchers communicate results.  Tom Maloney (Maloney@economics.utah.edu).