The smallpox epidemic of 1781-82 in the Hudson Bay region reportedly devastated the native population, causing mortality of at least 50 percent. We reassess this claim. We total smallpox deaths reported by two trading posts in the path of the epidemic. Next we review mortality from smallpox in...

Using two sources, Bank of England Transfer Books and Stock Ledgers, this article explores the nature of the customer base for Bank shares during and after the South Sea Bubble. This examination uncovers the nature of individual participation in this early capital market. The Transfer Ledgers...

This paper examines the responses of Indigenous nations and European companies to new trading opportunities: Cree nations and the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), and Khoe nations and the Dutch East India Company (VOC). This case study is important because of the disparate outcomes: within a few...

Cliometrics is currently celebrating five decades of research and as happens at such benchmarks, there is an interest in understanding the path along which Clio has walked and where the discipline is going. Reflections on the Cliometric Revolution: Conversations with Economic Historians, edited...