'''Economic history''' is the branch of [[history]] that deals with a very broad range of topics related to [[economics]], including agriculture, trade, transportation, finance, economic growth, government regulation, wealth creation and inequality, use of natural resources, impact on the environment, [[Business business history]] and labor history, as well as the history of economic ideas and their implementation in public policy.
There are many scholarly monographs and articles, as well as many popular books and articles. The leading scholarly journals are the [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JEH ''Journal of Economic History''], published in the U.S., and the [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0013-0117 ''Economic History Review''], published in Britain.