Topics: History : Economic History

Afrlabor

Not active. Discussion list on African labor history. Was moderated by Carolyn Brown, Rutgers Univ. labor historian. AFRLABOR-Request@acuvax.acu.edu

Current Value of Old Money

"A frequent question is "how much would a specified amount of money at a certain period of time be worth today?" The sources listed below are useful in attempting to answer this question. They are not about the value of old coins and banknotes." Has links to sites for European, U.S. currencies, etc. Examples for the U.S. are the Inflation Calculator which "adjusts any given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 2000" or the NewsEngin's U.S. Cost-of-Living Calculator. http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html

Economic History Society of Southern Africa

"...to promote the study of and interest in economic and social history". The Society holds conferences at South African universities and publishes The South African Journal of Economic History. http://home.intekom.com/joni/ehsoc.htm

Liberia Past and Present

Political and economic history of Liberia, including cultural affairs, from 1822 to date. Includes a chronology of Liberia's presidents with biographical information, maps, photographs (19th c. colonists), section on Liberian money with images, a bibliography. Maintained by Dr. Fred Van Der Kraaij whose dissertation was on the role of foreign investments in the development of Liberia 1900-1977, published as "The open door policy of Liberia : an economic history of modern Liberia ." (1983). [KF] http://www.liberiapastandpresent.org

Marguerat, Yves - Lomé, un siecle d'images, 1884-1990

In French. The site Togo Contact from the Centre SYFED-REFER de Lomé (a research network) has photographs and some text from Marguerat's book, Lome un siecle d'images, 1884-1990 (Lomé : Presses de l'Universite du Benin, [1993-1996,  v. 1-2) which is an economic history of Lomé. Shows hotels, business leaders, factories, rail/air transport, markets, craftsmen, etc.

http://www.refer.org/togo_ct/tur/lome/accueil.htm

Prestholdt, Jeremy G. - " As Artistry Permits and Custom May Ordain": The Social Fabric of Material Consumption in the Swahili World, circa 1450-1600

56 pages. In Adobe pdf. PAS Working Paper No. 3 (1998). How pre-colonial East African consumerism shaped global relationships from Bombay to Boston. [KF] http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies/pubs/wp3prestholdt.pdf

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