2002 EHA Meeting

St. Louis, Missouri

The 2002 Economic History Association meeting will be held October 11-13 at the Hyatt Regency, St. Louis, Missouri. Registration materials will be available on-line and mailed to EHA members in late May 2002.

Graduate students are encouraged to attend. To ease the financial burden, the EHA provides

•travel subsidies and discounted hotel rooms

•50 percent discount on the registration fee

•75 percent discount on Saturday's group meals

•free dinner Friday night

•free one-year subscription to the JEH

For more information, check the web site: http://www.eh.net/EHA. Otherwise, you may contact the Meetings Coordinator Martha Olney, EHA Annual Meetings Office, Department of Economics, University of California, 549 Evans Hall, #3880, Berkeley, CA 94720-3880. E-mail: eha-mtgs@socs.berkeley.edu. Fax: (510) 527-4558. Website: http://socs.berkeley.edu/~olney/eha.

Call for Proposals

Interested scholars are invited to submit proposals for papers to be presented at the annual meeting of the EHA in St. Louis. Papers are welcome on any topic in economic history, broadly defined. Some, but not all, of the sessions will be devoted to the following theme:

Public versus Private Institutions

What historic forces have drawn, or moved, the boundary between public and private institutions? How has moving it affected economic growth? Historical examples of both government failure and market failure abound. Economic history can reveal which kinds of growth-damaging institutions have been easily repaired and which have not. We particularly invite contributions about all sorts of past institutional reforms and traps, such as fiscal policies, corruption, anti-trust, royal chartered monopolies, regulated and unregulated utilities, control over school finance and curriculum, health care, and other public-private battlegrounds.

The program committee consists of Naomi Lamoreaux, Chair and Rebecca Menes, Phil Hoffman and Susan Wolcott. The committee welcomes proposals for entire sessions as well as for individual papers. The former should include proposals for each paper in the session, but the committee reserves the right to determine which papers will be presented in those sessions that are accepted. Papers for sessions that were not accepted may be incorporated into other panels. To propose a paper, send three copies of a 3-5 page abstract and a 150 word abstract suitable for publication in the JEH to Naomi Lamoreaux, Department of History, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1473, by January 31, 2002. Proposals may also be submitted by using the form available from the EHA website: http://www.eh.net. If a draft of the paper is available, it should be sent in addition to the abstracts. Notices of acceptance will be sent by March 30, 2002. Naomi Lamoreaux may be contacted for more information at lamoreaux@econ.ucla.edu

Call for Dissertations

Those who receive their Ph.D. between 1 June 2001 and 31 May 2002 are invited to apply for inclusion in the dissertation session. Dissertations on U.S. or Canadian history chosen for presentation at the meetings will be finalists for the Allan Nevins Prize. Such dissertations should be sent to Christopher R. Hanes, Department of Economics and Finance, School of Business Administration, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677.

Dissertations on areas of the world other than the United States or Canada will be eligible for the Alexander Gerschenkron Prize. Such dissertations should be sent to George R. Boyer, Department of Labor Economics, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 266 Ives Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3901.

Applicants must send a copy of the dissertation to the appropriate convener no later than May 31, 2002. Those chosen for the session will each receive a Finalist's Award of $250.

2002 Annual Meeting Prizes

Alice Hanson Jones Prize

The Alice Hanson Jones Prize for an outstanding book in North American (including the Caribbean) economic history will be presented at the annual meeting. This $1,100 prize is awarded biennially and alternates with the Gyorgi Ranki Prize for a book in European economic history.

Eligibility and Nominations: Only books published in English during 2000 or 2001 are eligible for the 2002 prize. The author need not be a member of the Association. Authors, publishers, or anyone else may nominate books. Send a copy of the book, plus a curriculum vitae of the author(s), with current information about addresses and telephone numbers, to each member of the committee listed below. The deadline for submission is March 1, 2002.

The Jones Prize Committee members are: Ann Carlos, University of Colorado, Dept. of Economics, Campus Box 256, Boulder, CO 80309-0256; Sally Clarke, University of Texas, Dept. of History, Austin, TX 78712; Paul Rhode, Economics, University of North Carolina, 108 Emerywood Place, Chapel Hill, NC 27599; Hank Gemery, Economics, Colby College 5235 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901.

Authors! Be sure your publisher nominates your book.

Jonathan Hughes Prize

The Jonathan Hughes Prize will be awarded to recognize excellence in teaching economic history. The prize includes a $1,100 award. The winner will be selected by the EHA Committee on Education and Teaching. The basic requirement for nomination is a statement on how the nominee has exemplified excellence in the teaching of economic history. Nomination letters should be sent to Sukkoo Kim, Economics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, and a copy should be sent to the EHA office at the University of Kansas. For more information contact Sukkoo Kim at soks@wueconc.wustl.edu. Deadline for nominations is Feburary 1, 2002.

Report on the 2001

Annual Meeting

Abstracts of papers presented at the meeting, along with email links to the authors, are available at socs.berkeley.edu/~olney/eha/abstracts.html.

Gyorgy Ranki Prize

The Gyorgy Ranki Prize for the outstanding book in the economic history of Europe published in 1999 or 2000, was awarded jointly to Stephan Epstein for Freedom and Growth: Markets and States in Europe, 1300-1750, (Routledge, 2000); and Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay, and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal for Priceless Markets: The Political Economy of Credit in Paris, 1660-1870 (Chicago, 2000).

Allan Nevins Prize

The conveners of the 2001 dissertation session selected Daniel A. Schiffman of Bar Ilan University to receive the Nevins Prize for his dissertation "Shattered Rails, Ruined Credit: Financial Fragility and Railroad operations in the Great Depression," completed under the direction of Charles Calomiris at Columbia University.

Jonathan Hughes Prize

for Teaching Excellence

The Committee on the Teaching of Economic History awarded the Hughes Prize to Carolyn Tuttle of Lake Forest College.

Alexander Gerschenkron Prize

The committee awarded the Gerschenkron Prize to Eona Karakacili of University of California at Davis for "Peasants, Productivity and Profit in the Open Fields of England: A Study of Economic and Social Development," completed under the direction of J. Ambrose Raftis at the University of Toronto.

Arthur H. Cole Prize

The Cole Prize for best article published in the Journal of Economic History was awarded to Lillian Li of Swarthmore College for the article, "Integration and Disintegration in North China's Grain Markets, 1738-1911," which appeared in the Sept. 2000 issue. The Cole Prize recipient is selected each year by the JEH editorial board.

Arthur H. Cole Grants-in-Aid

This year the Committee on Research in Economic History made Arthur H. Cole Grants-in-aid to the following: Jonathan Bean, Southern Illinois University for Capitalist Consumerism: The Better Business Bureaus in the Twentieth Century; Gregary Besharov, Duke University for Lump-Sum Taxation in Early American History; .Bradley Hansen, Mary Washington College for A New Deal for Bankruptcy Law: The Political Economy of the Chandler Act; and Erin Jordan,University of Northern Colorado, for Divine Labor: The Economic Practice of Cistercian Nuns in Thirteenth- Century Flanders.

The Library Company Prize

The Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) awarded its Annual Prize jointly to Robert Martello for "Paul Revere's Last Ride: The Road to Rolling Copper," Journal of the Early Republic, Summer, 2000; and David Cowen for "The First Bank of the United States and the Securities Market Crash of 1792," Journal of Economic History, December 2000.

Teaching Breakfast 2001

The Teaching Breakfast moved times this year to Saturday morning from its traditional lot on Sunday morning. This year's discussion was led by former Jonathan Hughes Teaching Prize winners Martha Olney, Hank Gemery, and Robert Whaples. Each person spoke for about 10 minutes on their general philosophy towards teaching and on their views of teaching economic history . After the presentations, there was a lively conversation among the panelist and the audience. Topics ranged from the differences in teaching in small classes versus large classes to how to contextualize current events using economic history.

Minutes of the Business Meeting

The meeting was called to order by President Richard Sylla at 8:10 AM. There were 45-50 members present.

The first order of business was a moment of silence in memory of those members who passed away since last year's meeting, and for those who died in the terrorist attacks on September 11.

It was moved by Paul Hohenberg and seconded by Price Fishback that the minutes of the 2000 Annual Meeting be approved. The motion passed.

Tom Weiss presented the results of the election: Joel Mokyr was chosen as President-elect; Jeremy Atack was elected Vice-President and Ann Carlos was elected to a four year term as trustee. Weiss also reported that all the motions to amend the by-laws had passed. Weiss then gave a financial report on the Association's activities for 2000-01 (shown below).

Martha Olney presented the Meeting Coordinator's Report and highlighted the record number of people who had preregistered for the meeting at the originally scheduled date, and that even with the loss of registrants due to the postponement the attendance was as high as in past years. She announced that the 2002 meetings would be held in St. Louis, and the 2003 meetings would be held in Nashville.

Richard Sylla reported on actions taken by the Trustees at their meeting on October 26. These included the adoption of a Graduate Education Initiative that will provide funds for graduate students to attend meetings of the EHA, Cliometrics and other societies; funds for small pre-dissertation grants to explore topics and gather research materials; and Fellowships for graduate students working on dissertations wholly or substantially in economic history. Other actions included the approval of Knick Harley as the next co-editor of the Journal of Economic History, and the appointment of a committee to review proposals to publish the JEH. He also reported that the Board had Nashville as the site for 2003, and had reaffirmed the regional rotation scheme for selecting meeting sites. The board had also considered establishing a new office, President-elect designate, in order to allow for more advanced planning of the annual meeting.¹ Finally, the Board accepted the reports of the Executive Director and the Meetings Coordinator and approved the budget for 2001-02 proposed by the Executive Director.

Richard Sylla summarized the report on the JEH that Jan De Vries had presented to the Board of Trustees.

In New Business, George Grantham asked what the EHA could do to assure that retiring economic historians were replaced with economic historians.

Representatives of affiliated organizations made brief reports. Elyce Rotella moved that the Program Committee receive a vote of thanks, and Gary Libecap did likewise for the Local Arrangements Committee. Peter Lindert was installed as President for 2001-02 and adjourned the meeting at 9:05 AM

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1. Subsequent to the meeting, EHA officers discussed the alternative of having the Nominating Committee nominate a new President-elect shortly after each annual meeting instead of waiting until the following Spring, as has been done in the past. This alternative would seem to allow enough time for advanced planning and thus eliminate the need of a bylaw change. This alternative may yet be tried this year.

Economic History Association
Financial Report, 2000-2001
Revenue
Cambridge U. Press	$103,882
Individual Membership	34,829
Interest & Dividends	36,485
Meetings	43,795
Contributions	12,449
Realized & unrealized gains (losses) Other Revenue	(29,125) 683
TOTAL REVENUE	$203,276
Expenses
Editorial Offices	$47,843
Management	21,625
Membership	16,360
Meeting Expense	60,613
Office & Miscellaneous	4,598
Postage	250
Printing	6,045
Awards and Grants-in-Aid	11,254
Depreciation	1,874
TOTAL EXPENSES	$170,693
NET REVENUE MINUS EXPENSES	$32,583
Market Value of Securities (as of 7/31/01)	$716,903

Arthur H. Cole Grants-in-Aid

The Committee on Research in Economic History awards Arthur H. Cole grants-in-aid to support research in economic history, regardless of time period or geographic area. Awards typically are in amounts up to $1,500, although higher amounts may be awarded in exceptional cases. To apply: seven copies of applications are due by April 1, 2002. Applications should be sent to Professor Caroline Fohlin; 200 Hawthorn Road; Baltimore, MD 21210. fohlin@jhu.edu.

Applications must include a description of the project (no longer than five pages); a curriculum vita; and a project budget. Applicants must be members of the Association and must hold the Ph.D. degree. Preference is given to recent Ph.D. recipients.

Economic History Services Website

For more information on the topics that follow and to locate other resources go to:

http://www.eh.net (US);

http://www2.eh.net (Europe);

http://www3.eh.net/ehnet (Japan).

EH NET's Encyclopedia

EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History is designed to provide students and laymen with high quality reference articles in the field. Articles for the Encyclopedia are written by experts, screened by a group of authorities, and carefully edited. A distinguished Advisory Board recommends entry topics, assists in the selection of authors, and defines the project's scope. Please visit http://www.eh.net/encyclopedia/.

"How Much Is That?"

"How Much Is That?" is EH.Net's feature which provides several series where answers can be found to questions of comparative value covering purchasing power, interest rates, and other variables between the past and today. Among the current series are: Purchasing Power of the Dollar, 1665 - Present; Purchasing Power of the British Pound, 1600 - Present; Inflation Rates for the US. (1666 to 2000), and Exchange rate between the United States dollar and the British pound, 1791 - 2000. More series are currently under development.

Project 2001

As a continuation of the successful Project 2000, EH.NET has published review essays on an additional twelve significant works in economic and business history. The purpose of these essays has been to survey the works that have had the most influence on the field of economic history and to highlight the intellectual accomplishments of twentieth-century economic historians. The collection can be found at www.eh.net/project2000.

International Economic History Association

Information about the XIII International Economic History Association Congress to be held in Buenos Aires in 2002 is on the Web at:

www.eh.net/XIIIcongress. There you will find information about registration, hotels and the program.

2002 Cliometrics Conference

The annual Cliometrics Conference will be held from May 10 to 12 in LaCrosse Wisconsin. Conference participation is by invitation only. The deadline for proposals and requests to attend the meeting is Feb. 1, 2002. Those wishing to present a paper should provide a 3-5 page summary of the proposed paper. All applicants must provide their addresses, phone and fax numbers, and email addresses. Those presenting papers will be notified by March 1, 2002 and are expected to provide a completed draft of the paper by April 3, 2002.

Applicants should submit their materials using the online application form on The Cliometric Society webpage at http://www.eh.net/Clio/ Proposals may also be sent using snail mail to:

Lanna Miller, Cliometrics Conference Secretary

Department of Economics

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ 85721

Or via fax to Lanna Miller (520) 621-8450,

or e-mailed to lmiller@bpa.arizona.edu.

EHA Sessions at ASSA

The EHA has been authorized to organize three sessions for the ASSA meetings in Atlanta, January 4-6, 2002. The sessions are as follows:

1. Title to be Announced

Chair: Eugene White: Rutgers University

Lance E. Davis, CalTech, Larry Neal, Illinois, and Eugene N. White, Rutgers, "The Long-Term Evolution of the NYSE's Microstructure." Richard Sylla, NYU, Jack Wilson, NCSU, and Robert Wright, Virginia. "Integration of TransAtlantic Securities Markets, 1790-1845." Ben Chabot, Michigan, "Risk and Return in Pre-CRSP Stock Markets."

2. Urban Economic Development in 20^th Century America

Chair: Jacob Vigdor, Duke University.

William Collins and Robert Margo, Vanderbilt, "Race, Segregation, and the Value of Owner-Occupied Housing, 1940-1990," Sukkoo Kim, Washington University, "The Rise and Decline of Density in Economic Activity," Rebecca Menes, George Mason, "The Captured Bandit: Limiting the Burden of Corruption in American Cities, 1900-20."

3. Honoring the Memory of Charles Issawi: Economic History of the Middle East

Presiding: Fatemeh Moghadam, Hofstra University

Roger Owen, Harvard, "Issawi's Notion Of Egypt's Lop-Sided Development' Revisited." Sevket Pamuk, Bogazici U.-"Modern Ecomomic Growth and the Middle East since 1880." Timur Kuran, USC, "Opportunistic Taxation in Middle Eastern History"

Times and dates in Atlanta, TBA.

American Historical Association

The 2002 meeting of the AHA will be held in San Francisco, January 3-6. The theme of the program will be "Frontiers" The session "Interpreting the Transatlantic Slave Trade Database" was organized for the EHA by Peter Coclanis and Sally Clarke.

The AHA is particularly interested in attracting senior scholars to the conference and encourages established leaders in the field of American History to create panels and offer papers at future meetings. Further information can be found in the September issue of Perspectives or at the following website. Aha@theaha.org

Joint Membership Fees

Our agreement continues with the Economic History Society (U.K.) to offer joint memberships to EHA and EHS at discounted rates for 2001. The student/emeritus rate will be $47.00; regular rates for members with annual incomes under $40,000 will be $57.00, and those with incomes over $40,000 will pay $72.00. These bargain rates remain unchanged from last year.

ACLS News

The EHA is a member of the American Council of Learned Societies. Information about fellowships and grants is posted on the EHA server. The ACLS website contains information about the ACLS and its publications and activities that might be of interest to you. (http:\\www.acls.org).

JSTOR Program

Back issues of the JEH are available in the JSTOR Archive at http:\\www.jstor.org.

Research Fellowships

The Library Company

The Library Company of Philadelphia, founded in 1731, was the largest public library in America until the 1850's and is now an independent research library with one of the premier collections of early American documents, including those in the areas of commerce, business, banking, and technology. Its Program in Early American Economy and Society offers three types of fellowship awards to be granted during 2002-2003: Four one-month fellowships, one dissertation-level fellowship, and one advanced research fellowship. Application deadline is March 1, 2002. For more information about PEAES and its fellowships, please contact Cathy Matson, Program Director, at cmatson@udel.edu or visit the website www.librarycompany.org

Social Science Research Council

The International Migration Program of the Social Science Research Council announces a competition for fellowships to support research on international migration to the United States. The goal is to foster innovative research that will advance theoretical and interdisciplinary understandings of a wide range of subjects related to migration. Fellowships are available to support twelve months of dissertation or postdoctoral research and a summer dissertation workshop for students from minority backgrounds to develop research topics, methods, and proposals.

Application Deadline: February 1, 2002.

For information regarding eligibility requirements & applications forms contact:

International Migration Program

Social Science Research Council

810 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019 USA

Email: migration @ssrc.org web:

http://www.ssrc.org

The J.P. Morgan International Prize

in Finance and Economics

The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for the J.P. Morgan International Prize in Finance and Economics for the 2002-2003 academic year. This award will allow exceptional economists at any stage of their career to pursue a project beyond the pale of their daily occupation and to interact with corporate and governmental officials on financial issues facing Germany, Europe, and America. Application forms are available from the Academy or at its web site (www.americanacademy.de).

American Academy in Berlin

Am Sandwerder 17-19

D-14109 Berlin, Germany

applications@americanacademy.de

News about the Journal

Jan de Vries is now in his fourth and final year as co-editor for the world excluding North America. In July 2002 he will be succeeded by Knick Harley, Western Ontario University, whose appointment was confirmed by the EHA Board of Trustees at the Philadelphia annual meetings in October. Gavin Wright continues as co-editor for the America topics. Sue Isaac, now in Florida, and Heath Pearson at Berkeley, continue as assistant editors for the North America and ROW offices, respectively.

Further refinements to our style sheet were approved last month, although they do not compare to the radical departures introduced a year ago. The Journal has completed three years as a 1200 page-per-year publication. It had been limited to 1000 pages per year for many years previous. This 20% expansion has been dedicated primarily to increasing the number of articles and notes published. This has been supported by a continuing flow of worthy submissions. In the past year, just under 30%of new subscriptions (not counting resubmissions) were accepted for publication.

EHA Officers and Board of Trustees, 2001-2002

President: Peter Lindert, U. of California, Davis.

President-Elect: Joel Mokyr, Northwestern

Vice President: Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt

Trustees: Elyce J. Rotella, Indiana, Ken Sokoloff, UCLA, Lee Alston, Illinois, and Ann Carlos Colorado.

Immediate Past Presidents: Larry Neal, Illinois, Claudia Goldin, Harvard, and Richard Sylla, NYU.

Editors: Jan De Vries, U. of California, Berkeley and Gavin Wright, Stanford.

IEHA Representative: Michael Bordo, Rutgers

Executive Director: Thomas Weiss, Kansas.

Meetings Coordinator Martha L. Olney,

U. of California, Berkeley.

Committees 2001-2002

The Committees listed below play an important role in the workings of the EHA. If you are interested in being considered for membership on a committee, or if you would like to recommend someone, please let the Executive Director know through the e-mail address: eha@ku.edu, or contact any other officer or member of the Board of Trustees.

EHA Committees, 2001-2002

Nominating: Richard Sylla, (Past President), Claudia Goldin, Chair (Past Chair), Jeremy Atack (Vice-President), Christina Romer (2002), Frank Lewis (2002), Alex Field (2002), Thomas Weiss (non-voting, ex officio).

Membership: Fred Carstensen, Chair (2002), Rebecca Menes (2003), Alan Olmstead (2004), Thomas Weiss (ex officio), Joel Mokyr (ex officio).

Committee on Research in Economic History: Caroline Fohlin, Chair (2002), Dora Costa (2002), Bill Collins, (2003), Steve Quinn, (2003), Chiaki Moriguchi (2004), Jill Dupree (2004), Thomas Weiss (ex officio).

Investment Committee: Richard Sylla, Chair (2002), Robert Zevin, (2002), Thomas Weiss (ex officio).

Budget and Audit Committee: Dan Raff, Chair (2003), Michael Edelstein (2005), Jeremy Atack (ex officio), Joel Mokyr (ex officio).

Ranki Prize: John Lampe Chair (2002), John McKay (2003), Nathan Sussman (2004), Maristella Botticini, (2005) Lynn Hollen Lees (2006).

Jones Prize: Ann Carlos, Chair (2002), Sally Clarke (2003), Paul Rhode (2004), Lee Craig, (2005) Hank Gemery (2006).

Standing Committee on Education in Economic History: Sukkoo Kim, Chair (2002), Colleen Callahan (2003), Simone Wegge (2004), Thomas Weiss (ex officio).

Standing Committee on Research Archives and Data Bases: Joseph Ferrie, Chair (2002), Peter Rousseau (2003), Werner Troesken (2004), Thomas Weiss (ex officio).

Standing Committee on the Journal of Economic History: Peter Lindert, Chair (2002), Michael Edelstein (2002), Gary Libecap (2003), Joel Mokyr (2004), Gavin Wright, (advisor), Jan DeVries (advisor), Thomas Weiss (ex officio).

Standing Committee on EHA Administration:

Elyce Rotella, Chair (2002), Sam Williamson, (2003) Roger Ransom (2004).

EHA Program Committee: Naomi Lamoreaux, Chair (2002), Rebecca Menes, (2002), Phil Hoffman (2002), Susan Wolcott (2002), Martha Olney (ex officio).

Dissertation Subcommittee: Christopher Hanes (2002), George Boyer (2002).

Local Arrangements Committee: Sukkoo Kim, Co-chair (2002), John Nye, Co-chair (2002), David Wheelock (2002), Douglass C. North (2002), Martha Olney (ex officio).

Committee on Graduate Education in Economic History: David Weiman, Chair (2002), Bob Margo (2003), Avner Greif (2004).

Representatives and Liaisons

International Economic History Association: Michael Bordo (2003) Anne McCants (2005).

American Council of Learned Societies:

Phil Hoffman (2002).

National Bureau of Economic Research:

Gavin Wright (2005).

Allied Social Science Association:

Tim Guinnane (2002).

Cliometric Society: Shawn Kantor (2002).

Business History Conference:

Margaret Levenstein (2002).

Social Science History Association:

Winnifred Rothenberg (2002).

EH.NET: Jeremy Atack (2002) Josh Rosenbloom (2003).

American Historical Association:

Peter Coclanis (2005) Sally Clarke (2005).

International Society for New Institutional Economics: Lee Alston (2002)

EHA Newsletter

2002 EHA Meeting

St. Louis, Missouri

Call for Proposals

Public versus Private Institutions

Call for Dissertations

2002 Annual Meeting Prizes

Jonathan Hughes Prize

Report on the 2001

Annual Meeting

Teaching Breakfast 2001

Minutes of the Business Meeting

Economic History Association

Financial Report, 2000-2001

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Research Fellowships

The J.P. Morgan International Prize

News about the Journal

EHA Officers and Board of Trustees, 2001-2002

Committees 2001-2002

EHA Committees, 2001-2002

Representatives and Liaisons

Fundraising 2002

KEEP A GOOD THING GOING