Fortune and failure are concepts with historical changeable meanings and cultural constructs that have been ever present in Western thought. These are old concepts whose usages change according to the different historical contexts. The actors involved in economic, social and political changes...

FRESH meetings are aimed at researchers in any field of economic and social history. The meetings build on the concept that scholars present their ongoing research at an early stage, i.e. normally before it becomes published as a working paper or the like, and certainly before it is published in...

The current international economic crisis has prompted comparisons with past crises from the last two centuries. This has challenged the social sciences to reflect on the factors that brought these crises about, as well as the commonalities and differences among them, and to consider their...

The Economic & Business Historical Society welcomes proposals for presentations on all aspects of business and economic history at its 35th annual conference at Braga, Portugal.