Essays in Economic and Business History

Aims & Scope

About the Journal Currently in its 50th year of publication, Essays in Economic & Business History (EEBH) was first published in 1976, and has been published annually since 1983. Since 2012, EEBH has been an on-line open access journal. A print version of the journal was published until 2019, but since 2020 EEBH has been published on-line only. Articles are selected by double-blind review process. EEBH provides immediate open access to accepted articles as soon as the editorial process is completed on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. EEBH (ISSN 2376-9459 online) is listed by Cabell’s International directory, the Directory of Open Access Journals, the AEA’s EconLit, EBSCO’s Historical Abstracts, and is ranked as a '2' in the 2024 version of the UK’s Chartered Association of Business Schools’ Academic Journal Guide and as a ‘B’ in the 2026 Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List. Emeritus Editors James H. Soltow, 1976-1983 (volumes 1 and 2) Edwin J. Perkins, 1984-1993 (volumes 3-12) William R. Childs, 1994-1998 (volumes 13-17) Michael V. Namorato, 1999-2003 (volumes 18-22) David O. Whitten, 2004-2006 (volumes 22-24) Lynne Pierson Doti, 2007-2009 (volumes 25-27) Janice M. Traflet, 2010-2012 (volumes 28-30) Jason E. Taylor, 2013-2018 (volumes 31-36) Daniel C. Giedeman, 2019-2023 (volumes 37-41) Mark Billings, 2019-2024 (volumes 37-42) Simon Mollan, 2023-2026 (volumes 41-43) Aims and Scope While Economic History and Business History are two distinct disciplines, their similarities are stronger than their differences. Since 1975 the Economic & Business History Society has brought scholars from these two fields together through its annual meetings and through the society’s journal, Essays in Economic & Business History . EEBH aims to publish high-quality research from all areas of economic and business history, including articles in related disciplines such as financial,

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