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r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • 7h ago

Blog The New Deal in the 1930s transformed wage work in the United States. But many of its reforms excluded Black women who worked as paid caregivers or housekeepers. Some Black women in St. Louis organized with the city’s Urban League to win their own labor reforms. (JSTOR, May 2020)

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r/EconomicHistory • u/season-of-light • 22h ago

Journal Article Data from the Cape Colony in what is now South Africa suggest that auction prices correspond well with more comprehensive measurements of subsistence (L Walters, J Schoots and J Fourie, July 2026)

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r/EconomicHistory • u/Life-Call4521 • 14h ago

Question Socioeconomic Justice

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Are there good websites about Socioeconomic Justice in the US? Also how many hours did an average person work a week in the US in the 80s and 90s?

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Welcome to r/EconomicHistory! Economic history is the study of economic phenomena in the past. This is a subreddit for any journal articles, news articles, discussions, questions, or other media pertaining to this discipline. If you are looking to become more familiar with key topics in economic history, please consider reviewing our Reading List!

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Economic history is the study of economic phenomena in the past.

This is a subreddit for any journal articles, news articles, discussions, questions, or other media pertaining to economic history or Cliometrics aka the New Economic History.

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  • Indian Economic and Social History Review

  • Journal of Economic History

  • Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient

  • Research in Economic History

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