title: Essays in Economic & Business History
text: # Essays in Economic & Business History
  
  Essays in Economic & Business History is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering economic and business history. It is published by the Economic & Business History Society. The editors-in-chief are Mark Billings (University of Exeter) and Daniel Giedeman (Grand Valley State University).
  
  ## History
  
  The journal was founded in 1975 and the first issue was published in 1976. The following persons have been editors-in-chief:
  
  * James H. Soltow, 1976–1983 (volumes 1 and 2)
  * Edwin J. Perkins, 1984–1993 (volumes 3–12)
  * William R. Childs, 1994–1998 (volumes 13–17)
  * Michael V. Namorato, 1999-2003 (volumes 18–22)
  * David O. Whitten, 2004–2006 (volumes 22–24)
  * Lynne Pierson Doti, 2007–2009 (volumes 25–27)
  * Janice M. Traflet, 2010-2012 (volumes 28-30)
  * Jason E. Taylor, 2013-2018 (volumes 31-36)
  
  ## Abstracting and indexing
  
  The journal is abstracted and indexed in America: History and Life, EconLit, Historical Abstracts, and the Modern Language Association Database.
  
  