The Centennial Issue of the Discussion Papers in Economic and Social History

Lise Arena, Nicholas Dimsdale, Rui Esteves,

John Landers, Timothy Leunig, Avner Offer, Richard Smith, Hans-Joachim Voth

Abstract

On the occasion of the hundredth issue of the Discussion Papers, this special number contains reflections on the past and future of economic and social history at Oxford and in general. Five scholars, who have been associated with the subject at Oxford, contribute with personal reflections on this topic. Two introductory studies survey the record of the Discussion Papers and the history of the discipline at Oxford, focussing on the organisation of the teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels and on the research lineages initiated by the faculty in post since the war.